What does ๐ Backhand Index Pointing Up mean?
Up it goes: an index finger, back of the hand facing out, pointing at whatever sits above. In group chats it means โsee aboveโ, โwhat they saidโ or simply โthisโ, a quick way to agree with or highlight an earlier message. On social media it points back to a caption or a post. It reads less like a raised finger making a point than โ๏ธ and more like an arrow.
๐ Backhand Index Pointing Up is an emoji from the People & Body category (hand gestures: single finger), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about finger, hand and point.
Example messages
๐ Backhand Index Pointing Up on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Backhand Index Pointing Up looks on each platform.
Backhand Index Pointing Up in every skin tone
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Backhand Index Pointing Up emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Backhand Index Pointing Up emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :point_up_2:.
When was the Backhand Index Pointing Up emoji added?
๐ Backhand Index Pointing Up was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Backhand Index Pointing Up emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Backhand Index Pointing Up. The underlying code (U+1F446) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.