Meet the digital “ahem.” The backhand index pointing up is the go-to finger for tiny corrections, fun facts, and gentle interruptions—like slipping a sticky note into the chat. It often reads as “one quick thing,” “see above,” or the classic well-actually energy, depending on your tone and timing. On Apple/iOS, it’s a cartoon-yellow back-of-hand with soft shading, the index finger shooting straight up, thumb tucked to the side, knuckles and a subtle nail line visible—clean, glossy, and unmistakably pointing north. You’ll see it in captions and comments to nudge eyes upward, to flag a PSA, or to footnote a take without sounding too extra.
Online, it can be sarcastic (“Actually…”) or playfully professorial (“Class, turn to page receipts”). Paired with “this ^” it becomes a precise pointer to the message above; paired with a wink, it becomes a flirty little “btw, important.” It also fits awkward interjections, like stopping a group chat avalanche with “Hold up, one detail.” Memes love it for micro-lectures, hot takes with disclaimers, and that delicate balance of confident and cute—like raising exactly one eyebrow, but in hand form.
Definition
→ 261D ☝ white up pointing index Hand Symbols
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
393 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:point_up_2:
Keywords
Previous Names:
White Up Pointing Backhand Index
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Hand Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Hand Symbols
Names & Annotations
WHITE UP POINTING BACKHAND INDEX Temporary Notes: Up Design Note: Similar to ☝ U+261D WHITE UP POINTING INDEX but showing the back of the hand instead of the palm side.
Symbol Information
U+1F446 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B99
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[↑]
KDDI
#390 上指差し 「上指差shi」 U+EA8D SJIS-F360 JIS-7941
Softbank
#389 #old226 指差し(上) 「指差shi(上)」 U+E22E SJIS-F7CE
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e22e
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E22E
Decimal Code Point(s)
57902
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x88 0xAE
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 88 AE
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 210 256
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE22E
UTF-16 Hex
e22e
UTF-16 Dec
57902
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E22E
UTF-32 Hex
E22E
UTF-32 Dec
57902
Python Src
u"\uE22E"
PHP Src
"\xee\x88\xae"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE22E"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
👆
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
👆
Decimal HTML Entity
👆
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
👆
Hex Code Point(s)
1f446
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F446
Decimal Code Point(s)
128070
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x86
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 91 86
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 221 206
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC46
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc46
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56390
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F446
UTF-32 Hex
01F446
UTF-32 Dec
128070
Python Src
u"\U0001F446"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x91\x86"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC46"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
