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Backhand Index Pointing Right Emoji 👉

Pointing right with the back of the hand toward the viewer, this emoji directs attention to whatever comes next. Paired with its left-pointing twin as 👉👈, it's become internet shorthand for shy, nervous fidgeting — someone tapping their fingers together, too awkward to just say what they mean.

What 👉 means

An extended right backhand (the tanned side) pointing towards the right side with the forefinger and the thumb, while the rest of the fingers are folded towards the palm.

As the name suggests, the 👉 Backhand Index Pointing Right refers to pointing towards the right side. It can either suggest showing something on the right, pointing fingers on a chat, directing the receiver to see a particular link that's on the right side.

This emoji is available in the designated skin tones almost across all platforms.

How and when to use it

Use 👉 emoji while directing someone's focus to the right side.
You can also bring in 👉 emoji as a way of navigating attention to a link that you're sending.
Use 👉 emoji even as a finger gun, to playfully say "Pow, pow, you ded" on chat.
👉 emoji can also be paired with the 👈 Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji to call for attention to what's between 👉 and 👈 emojis.
If you're texting someone and you want to point fingers at yourself, use 👉 emoji.

Other Names

👉 Right
👉 Look Right
👉 See Here
👉 Pointing Right
👉 Finger Gun
👉 Point
👉 White Right Pointing Backhand Index
👉 Finger Right

👉 in real conversations

What does 👉👈 mean in texting?

Two pointing fingers aimed at each other with a little gap between them is the universal shy-ask gesture — someone working up the nerve to admit a crush, an awkward favor, or something that feels like a bigger deal to say out loud than it looks in text. "So... 👉👈 do you maybe want to grab coffee sometime" is the classic use. Neither hand does the job alone; the gesture only reads as nervous once both show up.

What does 👉 mean on its own?

A plain pointer, directing attention to whatever comes right after it — a link, a photo, a name in a group chat. "Check this out 👉 [link]" is the most common job, no shyness involved — closer to a road sign than a feeling.

Is 👉 flirty or just directional?

Solo, it's almost always just directional — pointing at a link, a photo, or the next item in a list. It only picks up shy, flirty energy once its mirror-image partner 👈 shows up beside it, turning a plain arrow into a whole gesture.

The lowdown

Category: People & Body › hand-single-finger
Codepoints: U+1F449
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :point_right:
Keywords: backhand, finger, hand, index, point, pointing, right

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.