👆🏼
What 👆🏼 means
👆🏼 is the Backhand Index Pointing Up emoji with the medium-light skin tone applied — same meaning and uses, in the tone that looks like you.
A raised hand showing the tanned side of the hand with just the forefinger and the thumb held out while the rest of the fingers are folded into the palm.
Read the full meaning and usage guide for 👆 Backhand Index Pointing Up →
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body › hand-single-finger
- Codepoints
U+1F446 U+1F3FC- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0
- Shortcodes
:point_up_2_tone2:Discord- Keywords
- backhand, finger, hand, index, medium-light skin tone, point, pointing, up
- Variant of
- 👆 backhand index pointing up · how tone modifiers work
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.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 👆🏼 Backhand Index Pointing Up: Medium-light Skin Tone or ⏮️ Last Track Button?
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