Backhand index pointing left emoji ๐
Emoji 0.6 (2010) ยท U+1F448
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐ means
Backhand index pointing left ๐ goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: backhand, finger, hand, index, left, point, pointing.
Those words also drive emoji search: try backhand or finger on your phone to find ๐.
On the emoji keyboard, ๐ sits with the pointing fingers (7 emoji) inside people & body, which has 390 emoji, for example ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐.
You can send ๐ in 5 skin tones (๐๐ป to ๐๐ฟ) or in the default yellow; tap any of them above to copy it.
Will ๐ show on my friend's phone?
๐ has been around since the very first emoji set (Emoji 0.6, 2010), so every device you can think of shows it.
How to type ๐
To find ๐ quickly, type backhand into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type backhand index pointing left.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type backhand index pointing left in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type backhand index pointing left.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees ๐ as one code point, U+1F448: 4 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 2 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F448 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 👈 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 👈 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F448"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F448} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%91%88 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 91 88 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | backhand index pointing left |
| Portuguรชs | dorso da mรฃo com indicador apontando para a esquerda |
| Espaรฑol | dorso de mano con รญndice a la izquierda |
| Italiano | indice verso sinistra |
| Franรงais | main avec index pointant ร gauche |
| Deutsch | nach links weisender Zeigefinger |
| Tรผrkรงe | elinin tersiyle solu gรถsteren iลaret parmaฤฤฑ |
| Bahasa Indonesia | menunjuk ke arah kiri |
| Polski | dลoล z palcem wskazujฤ cym w lewo |
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ัะบะฐะทัะฒะฐััะธะน ะฝะฐะปะตะฒะพ ะฟะฐะปะตั |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ๅทฆๆๅทฎใ |
| ํ๊ตญ์ด | ์ผ์ชฝ์ ๊ฐ๋ฆฌํค๋ ์๋ฑ |
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All people & body emoji โQuestions people ask
What does the backhand index pointing left emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐ "backhand index pointing left" and links it with backhand, finger, hand, index. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the pointing fingers subgroup of people & body.
When was the backhand index pointing left emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
Can I change the skin tone of ๐?
Yes. ๐ has these skin tones: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.