A classic callout in emoji form, the backhand index pointing left: dark skin tone is the digital equivalent of saying โright here, fam.โ On iOS, itโs a right hand with the back facing you, index finger confidently aimed to the left, other fingers curled, and a subtle 3D gradient that gives the deep brown skin tone warm highlights and soft shadows. Rounded knuckles, a slightly lifted thumb, and Appleโs glossy, clean styling make it instantly recognizable even in a crowded caption. It reads like a visual nudge: look โ over there.
It thrives in receipts cultureโpair it with screenshots to deliver the iconic โthis you?โ energy, or use it to point at the exact line in your text that ends the debate. People drop it in TikTok captions and Instagram Stories to point at a pinned comment, link sticker, or the thing you were definitely supposed to read first. It can be flirty (him โฆ), sarcastic (your own words โฆ), or dramatic (the audacity โฆ). Double it with the right-pointing twin to bracket a hot take, or stack it with arrows for maximum โread before replyingโ vibes. Using the dark skin tone also lets you match your identity and aesthetic, making the gesture feel more personal than the default yellow.
The White Left Pointing Backhand Index emoji combined with the Black flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the black skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 2498 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 |
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| Previous Names: | Black White Left Pointing Backhand Index |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
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| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ๐๐ฟ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ๐๐ฟ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👈 🏿 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👈 🏿 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f448, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F448, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128072, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x88, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 88, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 210, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC48, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc48, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56392, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F448 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F448, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128072, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F448\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\x88\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC48\uD83C\uDFFF" |
