The backhand index pointing right is the classic digital "look over here" gesture—a yellow hand with the back facing you and the index finger jutting to the right. On Apple/iOS it’s a smooth, glossy yellow hand with soft shading, curled middle fingers and thumb tucked in, a slight wrist taper, and a clean side profile that reads instantly even at tiny sizes. It’s the go-to pointer for threads and carousels: "Part 2 👉", "next slide 👉", "link over there 👉". People drop it to nudge attention, call out receipts, or cheekily tag a friend—"this you? 👉 @username".
Paired with its left-facing twin, it becomes emoji brackets, or flips into the bashful 👉👈 meme for shy, flirty, or faux-innocent vibes. It also doubles as a "swipe right" wink for dating-app jokes, or a playful tour guide in captions and tutorials. Used sarcastically, it highlights the painfully obvious; used dramatically, it’s the digital stagehand pulling back the curtain on the next reveal. It’s a tiny, bossy compass needle for conversations—subtle, speedy, and friendlier than typing an actual arrow.
Definition
→ 261E ☞ white right 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)
17 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_right:
Keywords
Previous Names:
White Right 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 RIGHT POINTING BACKHAND INDEX Temporary Notes: Right Design Note: Similar to ☞ U+261E WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX but showing the back of the hand instead of the palm side.
Symbol Information
U+1F449 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B9C
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[→]
KDDI
#141 指差し確認右 「指差shi確認右」 U+E500 SJIS-F6D9 JIS-765B
Softbank
#392 #old229 指差し(右) 「指差shi(右)」 U+E231 SJIS-F7D1
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)
e231
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E231
Decimal Code Point(s)
57905
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x88 0xB1
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 88 B1
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 210 261
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE231
UTF-16 Hex
e231
UTF-16 Dec
57905
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E231
UTF-32 Hex
E231
UTF-32 Dec
57905
Python Src
u"\uE231"
PHP Src
"\xee\x88\xb1"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE231"
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)
1f449
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F449
Decimal Code Point(s)
128073
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x89
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 91 89
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 221 211
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC49
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc49
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56393
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F449
UTF-32 Hex
01F449
UTF-32 Dec
128073
Python Src
u"\U0001F449"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x91\x89"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC49"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
