The back hand index pointing left emoji shows a single disembodied hand pointing – you guessed it! – to the left hand side of the screen. The hand is formed into a fist except for the index finger which is outstretched into a pointing gesture. Although some emoji platforms allow for skin tone modification, the default color of this emoji – along with most other hand emojis – is yellow or with a pale Caucasian complexion. It is used to point out a fact or a conversation thread, or to attract attention. It can be used to say “go this way” or to highlight another emoji.
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Note: - If you can't see the emoji, your device may not support Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji but you can still use it on other platforms.
Representations : Pointing Left Back of hand Index Left can be represented by 👈 emoji.
Backhand Index Pointing Left may look different on every device. In the above images you can view how Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji appears on different devices. Emoji of Backhand Index Pointing Left can be used on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and many other platforms and OS. Some devices may show a blank box or X instead of Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji as every device doesn't support each one of the emoji.
This emoji was first introduced in Unicode 6.0 in October, 2010 which was followed by addition to Emoji 1.0 in August, 2015. Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji appeared on iOS 5.0, Android 4.3, EmojiOne 1.0 for the first time.
| Language | Short Name |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Índice de revés apuntando a la izquierda |
| German | Rückhandzeiger nach links |
| French | Index du revers pointant vers la gauche |
| Russian | Указатель левой руки, указывающий влево |
| Italian | Indice di rovescio rivolto a sinistra |
| Portuguese | Índice de revés apontando para a esquerda |
| Unicode : | U+1F448 |
| Hex Code | |
|---|---|
| Code Point(s): | 1f448 |
| HTML Entity: | 👈 |
| UTF-8: | F0 9F 91 88 |
| UTF-8 (C): | F0 9F 91 88 |
| UTF-16: | 0xd83ddc48 |
| UTF-16 (C): | 0xD83D 0xDC48 |
| UTF-32: | 1F448 |
| UTF-32 (C): | 0x00001F448 |
| Decimal Code | |
| Code Point(s): | 128072 |
| HTML Entity: | 👈 |
| UTF-16: | 55357 56392 |
| UTF-32: | 128072 |
| Octal Code | |
| UTF-8: | 360 237 221 210 |
| Other developer codes: | |
| PHP: | "\xf0\x9f\x91\x88" |
| Python: | u"\U0001F448" |
| Java, C++, C: | "0xD83D\uDC48" |
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