index pointing up: light skin tone
Unicode: 261D 1F3FB
Description
Unicode character for 'Index Pointing Up' (U+261D) combined with 'Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-3' (U+1F3FB), resulting in a hand pointing upwards with light skin tone.
Group:
People & Body > hand-single-finger
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, directional. Indicates attention, instruction, or emphasis towards something above the hand.
Backstory
The 'Index Pointing Up' emoji (U+261D) was introduced in Unicode 1.1 (1993), making it one of the older emoji symbols. The skin tone modifiers (like 1F3FB) were added in Unicode 8.0 (2015) to allow for more diverse representation of human hands and body parts.
Usage Examples
- Indicating a list item: '☝️ First point to consider...',
- Pointing to a message above: 'Check out the comment above ☝️'
- Emphasizing 'up': 'Prices are going ☝️'
- In a spiritual context: 'Looking up to the sky ☝️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to point to something above, indicate 'up', 'first', or 'top'. Can also be used to signify a higher power or heaven.
East Asian culture:
Similar directional meaning. In some contexts, might be used metaphorically to 'point to the sky' or 'aim high'.
General:
Used universally as a directional indicator, drawing attention to content immediately above or conceptually higher.