What does ๐ mean?
A finger pointing left: 'over there', 'this one', referring back. ๐๐ together signals shyness.
Its official Unicode name is WHITE LEFT POINTING BACKHAND INDEX and its CLDR short name is "backhand index pointing left" (in Hungarian: "kรฉz balra 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
- finger
- hand
- index
- left
- point
- pointing
In Hungarian: kรฉz, kรฉzfej, 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+1F448. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- WHITE LEFT POINTING BACKHAND INDEX
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- kรฉz balra mutatรณ ujjal
- English name (CLDR)
- backhand index pointing left
- 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_left:
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Frequently asked questions
What does the ๐ emoji mean?
A finger pointing left: 'over there', 'this one', referring back. ๐๐ together signals shyness.
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.