backhand index pointing right: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1F449 1F3FD
Description
A right-pointing finger with a medium skin tone, indicating direction or emphasis. It's often used to draw attention to something or point the way.
Group:
People & Body > hand-single-finger
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, directional. Can imply instruction, emphasis, or simply indicating a position. The skin tone modifier adds a personal touch.
Backstory
Various pointing finger emojis were introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010), representing different directions (left, right, up, down). The skin tone modifiers (Fitzpatrick scale) were added in Unicode 8.0 (2015) to allow for greater representation and personalization of emoji usage.
Usage Examples
- Indicating direction: 'The entrance is this way 👉🏽'
- Drawing attention: 'Look at this! 👉🏽 amazing deal'
- Referring to something: 'As mentioned 👉🏽 in the previous email'
- Directing to a link: 'Click here 👉🏽 for more info'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to point at text, images, or indicate 'next' or 'over here.' Also used in conjunction with other emojis to form sentences.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage to Western culture, often used in messaging apps for direct cues or to highlight information. Sometimes used playfully to 'point blame' or 'point out' something humorous.