Backhand index pointing up emoji ๐
Emoji 0.6 (2010) ยท U+1F446
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Backhand index pointing up ๐ is tagged with these keywords: backhand, finger, hand, index, point, pointing, up.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing backhand or finger in the emoji search brings up ๐.
Backhand index pointing up ๐ is one of 7 emoji in the pointing fingers subgroup of people & body (390 emoji), next to ๐ ๐ โ๏ธ ๐ซต.
๐ comes in 5 skin tones, from ๐๐ป to ๐๐ฟ, plus the default yellow. Tap a tone above to copy it.
Will ๐ show on my friend's phone?
๐ is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type ๐
Any emoji picker finds ๐ when you search for backhand.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type backhand index pointing up.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type backhand index pointing up in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type backhand index pointing up.
Codes for developers
Backhand index pointing up ๐ is a single code point, U+1F446. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F446 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 👆 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 👆 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F446"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F446} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%91%86 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 91 86 |
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 up |
| Portuguรชs | dorso da mรฃo com indicador apontando para cima |
| Espaรฑol | dorso de mano con รญndice hacia arriba |
| Italiano | indice alzato |
| Franรงais | main avec index pointant vers le haut |
| Deutsch | nach oben weisender Zeigefinger von hinten |
| Tรผrkรงe | elinin tersiyle yukarฤฑyฤฑ gรถsteren iลaret parmaฤฤฑ |
| Bahasa Indonesia | menunjuk ke atas (dibalik) |
| Polski | dลoล z palcem wskazujฤ cym w gรณrฤ |
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ัะบะฐะทัะฒะฐััะธะน ะฒะฒะตัั ะฟะฐะปะตั |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ๆใฎ็ฒไธๆๅทฎใ |
| ํ๊ตญ์ด | ์์ชฝ์ ๊ฐ๋ฆฌํค๋ ์๋ฑ |
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All people & body emoji โQuestions people ask
What does the backhand index pointing up emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐ "backhand index pointing up" 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 up 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.