What does ๐ mean?
A finger pointing down: 'see below', drawing attention to a link, comment or content under the post.
Its official Unicode name is WHITE DOWN POINTING BACKHAND INDEX and its CLDR short name is "backhand index pointing down" (in Hungarian: "tenyรฉr lefelรฉ mutatรณ ujjal"). It belongs to the People & Body group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- backhand
- down
- finger
- hand
- index
- point
- pointing
In Hungarian: kรฉz, kรฉzfej, kรฉzfej lefelรฉ mutatรณ ujjal, lefelรฉ, mutat, mutatรณujj, tenyรฉr, test, ujj
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws ๐ in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F447. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- WHITE DOWN POINTING BACKHAND INDEX
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- tenyรฉr lefelรฉ mutatรณ ujjal
- English name (CLDR)
- backhand index pointing down
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- People & Body ยท hand single finger
- Length
- 1 code point ยท 4 bytes in UTF-8 ยท 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :point_down:
Related emojis
Frequently asked questions
What does the ๐ emoji mean?
A finger pointing down: 'see below', drawing attention to a link, comment or content under the post.
How do I type the ๐ emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "backhand".
When was the ๐ emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Does ๐ come in skin tones?
Yes, it comes in five skin tones: your device adds a Unicode skin tone modifier (U+1F3FBโU+1F3FF) after the emoji. You can copy all five variants above.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.