person with crown: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1FAC5 1F3FD
Description
An index pointing at the viewer's left, composed of an upward-pointing hand (1FAC5) with a medium skin tone (1F3FD). The hand is typically shown with the thumb and index finger extended, pointing towards the top left.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, directional. Primarily used for giving directions or indicating something visually to the left or top-left.
Backstory
This emoji is part of the set of hand gestures and directional arrows, designed to provide visual cues in digital communication. The 'Index Pointing At The Viewer' emoji (1FAC5) was introduced in Unicode 14.0 (2021). The skin tone modifier (1F3FD) allows for personalization.
Usage Examples
- Used for directional purposes: 'The entrance is over there. 🫅🏽'
- Highlighting something in a visual layout: 'Look at the top-left corner. 🫅🏽'
- Indicating a choice or option: 'Pick this one 🫅🏽'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used for 'up to the left', 'check this on the left', or to highlight something in that direction.
East Asian culture:
Similar directional usage, often combined with text explaining what is being pointed at.