โ 261Fย โย white down pointing index
The backhand index pointing down is the universal internet way to shout "look down here." Itโs the comment-section concierge, the "link in bio" wingman, and the go-to for "drop your hot takes below" prompts. In texting and memes, it doubles as a punchline device: "the bar? ๐", "my standards today ๐", or the classic "this you? ๐" before a damning screenshot. Creators plaster it on TikTok and Reels to send your eyeballs to the caption or pinned comment, and forum dwellers use it to steer you to the next message or a thread continuation.
On Apple/iOS, itโs a right hand shown from the back with a smooth, sunny yellow gradient; the index finger points straight down like a tiny elevator arrow, thumb curled across the palm, the other fingers tucked tight with soft knuckle creases and no sleeve in sight. The pose is unmistakably vertical, simple, and boldโperfect for attention-grabbing CTAs and a little dramatic flair. It can read flirty or playful ("you, come here ๐"), awkwardly self-owning ("instructions I ignored ๐"), or just bossy-in-a-cute-way when youโre herding replies. Essentially, itโs the internetโs neon sign for โread the thing under this,โ with bonus sarcasm and meme energy baked in.
โ 261F โ white down pointing index Hand Symbols
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 39 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_down: |
| Keywords | |
| Previous Names: | White Down Pointing Backhand Index |
| Unicode Category | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300โ1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Hand Symbols |
| Unicode Category | Abstract Concepts |
| Unicode Subcategory | Hand Symbols |
| Names & Annotations | WHITE DOWN POINTING BACKHAND INDEX Temporary Notes: Down Design Note: Similar to โ U+261F WHITE DOWN POINTING INDEX but showing the back of the hand instead of the palm side. |
| Symbol Information | U+1F447 proposed |
| Proposal Identifier | e-B9A |
| DoCoMo | [โ] |
| KDDI | ย #391 ไธๆๅทฎใ ใไธๆๅทฎshiใ U+EA8E SJIS-F361 JIS-7942 |
| Softbank | ย #390 #old227 ๆๅทฎใ(ไธ) ใๆๅทฎshi(ไธ)ใ U+E22F SJIS-F7CF |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 4 Code |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ๎ฏ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ๎ฏ |
| Decimal HTML Entity |  |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity |  |
| Hex Code Point(s) | e22f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+E22F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 57903 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEE 0x88 0xAF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | EE 88 AF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 356 210 257 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE22F |
| UTF-16 Hex | e22f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 57903 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000E22F |
| UTF-32 Hex | E22F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 57903 |
| Python Src | u"\uE22F" |
| PHP Src | "\xee\x88\xaf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uE22F" |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 5 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ๐ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ๐ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👇 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👇 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f447 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F447 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128071 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x87 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 87 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 207 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC47 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc47 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56391 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F447 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F447 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128071 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F447" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\x87" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC47" |
| Emoji Encoding | KDDI | |
|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ๎ช | ๓พฎ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | ||
| Decimal HTML Entity |  | 󾮚 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity |  | 󾮚 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | ea8e | feb9a |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+EA8E | U+FEB9A |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 60046 | 1043354 |
| UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEE 0xAA 0x8E | 0xF3 0xBE 0xAE 0x9A |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | EE AA 8E | F3 BE AE 9A |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 356 252 216 | 363 276 256 232 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEA8E | 0xDBBA 0xDF9A |
| UTF-16 Hex | ea8e | dbbadf9a |
| UTF-16 Dec | 60046 | 56250 57242 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000EA8E | 0x000FEB9A |
| UTF-32 Hex | EA8E | 0FEB9A |
| UTF-32 Dec | 60046 | 1043354 |
| Python Src | u"\uEA8E" | u"\U000FEB9A" |
| PHP Src | "\xee\xaa\x8e" | "\xf3\xbe\xae\x9a" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uEA8E" | "\uDBBA\uDF9A" |