Index pointing up emoji ☝️
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+261D U+FE0F
Skin tones · Tap a tone to copy it.
What ☝️ means
Index pointing up ☝️ goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: finger, hand, index, point, pointing, this, up.
Those words also drive emoji search: try finger or hand on your phone to find ☝️.
On the emoji keyboard, ☝️ sits with the pointing fingers (7 emoji) inside people & body, which has 390 emoji, for example 🫵 👈 👉 👆.
You can send ☝️ in 5 skin tones (☝🏻 to ☝🏿) or in the default yellow; tap any of them above to copy it.
Will ☝️ show on my friend's phone?
☝️ 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 ☝️
To find ☝️ quickly, type index pointing up into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type index pointing up.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type index pointing up in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type index pointing up.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees ☝️ as 2 code points, U+261D U+FE0F: 6 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+261D U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ☝️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ☝️ | |
| CSS | content: "\261D \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u261D\uFE0F | |
| URL | %E2%98%9D%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 98 9D EF B8 8F |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ☝️ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | index pointing up |
| Português | indicador apontando para cima |
| Español | dedo índice hacia arriba |
| Italiano | indice verso l’alto |
| Français | index pointant vers le haut |
| Deutsch | nach oben weisender Zeigefinger von vorne |
| Türkçe | yukarıyı gösteren işaret parmağı |
| Bahasa Indonesia | menunjuk ke atas |
| Polski | palec wskazujący w górę |
| Русский | указательный палец вверх |
| 日本語 | 上指差し |
| 한국어 | 위쪽을 가리키는 손 |
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All people & body emoji →Questions people ask
What does the index pointing up emoji mean?
Unicode calls ☝️ "index pointing up" and links it with finger, hand, index, point. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the pointing fingers subgroup of people & body.
When was the 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 ☝️?
Yes. ☝️ has these skin tones: ☝🏻 ☝🏼 ☝🏽 ☝🏾 ☝🏿. 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.