β 1F449 π white right pointing backhand index
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Black Right Pointing Backhand Index refers to a proposed or discussed emoji-style symbol concept for a filled, right-facing backhand pointer, related to the long tradition of typographic pointing hands and to existing pointing-hand emoji. It should not be confused with the approved yellow hand emoji π, named White Right Pointing Backhand Index, or with older dingbat-style index symbols such as β. In Unicode naming, βblackβ usually means a solid or filled glyph rather than a skin color, so the concept would likely have represented a dark silhouette hand rather than a racialized hand tone. As an emoji candidate idea, it appears to have remained a concept or compatibility-style symbol rather than becoming a widely supported, officially approved emoji presentation character.
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This emoji was one of the "suggested emojis" the Unicode group unveiled in June 2014 [article], however, it has been, and still is, up to the companies who support emoji in their operating systems to provide not only images but also an algorithm to replace the emoji code into the emoji image.
