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👆 Backhand index pointing up
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👆 Emoji meaning
Heads up, something important! Highlight, emphasize, pay attention.
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👆 Meaning
Lifting the forefinger up as a warning or to emphasize a statement. Can also mean “I've got time“ or “I'm in it“. Wants to draw attention to something.
Examples
- Did you see the note? 👆
- That’s right at the top. 👆
- That’s exactly what I mean! 👆
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Commonly confused with
Direction Variant
Backhand index left vs up; all backhand indices are similar and confused with one another.
Backhand index up vs down; both used to point at content above or below the message.
Backhand index up vs index pointing up; both point upward with a single finger.
Variants
Skin tones
Backhand index pointing up
Backhand index pointing up: light skin tone
Backhand index pointing up: medium-light skin tone
Backhand index pointing up: medium skin tone
Backhand index pointing up: medium-dark skin tone
Backhand index pointing up: dark skin tone
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Backhand index pointing up” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ index + pointing
Keywords removed
- backhand index pointing up
In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords removed
- index
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ backhand index pointing up
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ backhand + finger + hand + index + point + up
