The index pointing up: light skin tone emoji is your digital "ahem"βone poised finger that says hold on, I have a point. It tags corrections, fun facts, and that slightly nerdy "um actually" moment without typing a paragraph. People use it to mark the first item in a list, to point at a link or message above, or to signal number one energy like a hype-man at a pep rally. It can be playful, sarcastic, or dramatic: think teacherβs pet vibes, footnote energy, or a polite interruption before you drop receipts.
On iOS, itβs a softly shaded hand with a single raised index, the other fingers curled in, rendered in a pale peach tone for this variant with Appleβs signature rounded, 3D gloss. The pose angles slightly upward, with gentle gradients and a tiny wrist shadow that make it feel tactile and tappable, no sleeve or extras stealing the spotlight. Youβll instantly recognize the clean outline and the confident, skyward point that reads as "this, right here."
Culturally, it channels classroom I-have-a-question energy, the "hold up, new info" meme, and even that soccer celebration where players point to the sky after a goal. Drop it in threads to nudge attention upward, pair it with a hot take, or use it as a soft stop sign when the group chat is sprinting off the rails.
The White Up Pointing Index emoji combined with the White flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the white skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1995 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
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| Previous Names: | White White Up Pointing Index |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | βπ» |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | βπ» |
| Decimal HTML Entity | ☝ 🏻 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | ☝ 🏻 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 261d, 1f3fb |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+261D, U+1F3FB |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9757, 127995 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x98 0x9D, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBB |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 98 9D, F0 9F 8F BB |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 230 235, 360 237 217 273 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x261D, 0xD83C 0xDFFB |
| UTF-16 Hex | 261d, d83cdffb |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9757, 55356 57339 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000261D 0x0001F3FB |
| UTF-32 Hex | 261D, 01F3FB |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9757, 127995 |
| Python Src | u"\u261D\U0001F3FB" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x98\x9d\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbb" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u261D\uD83C\uDFFB" |
