👇Forefinger downwards emoji

👇 Backhand index pointing down

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👇 Emoji meaning

Pointing to something below, feeling down, sad.

Table of Contents

  1.  Meaning
  2.  Confused With
  3.  Variants
  4.  Emoji History
  5.  Similar Emojis
  6.  Platforms
  7.  Emoji Details
  8.  Comments

👇 Meaning

Hand with raised forefinger pointing down. You want to draw attention to something: look at the text below! Or you don't feel well, you are feeling down.

Examples

  • Check below! 👇
  • Did you see this yet? 👇
  • The details are down below. 👇

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Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Backhand index pointing down
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Backhand index pointing up

Backhand index up vs down; both used to point at content above or below the message.

Backhand index pointing down
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Middle finger

Backhand index down vs middle finger; at a glance, users may mis-tap and send a more offensive gesture.

Variants

Skin tones
Backhand index pointing down
Backhand index pointing down: light skin tone
Backhand index pointing down: medium-light skin tone
Backhand index pointing down: medium skin tone
Backhand index pointing down: medium-dark skin tone
Backhand index pointing down: dark skin tone

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Backhand index pointing down” 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 down

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 down

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ backhand + down + finger + hand + index + point

Similar emojis from "Hands and Body Parts"

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Hands and Body Parts
👋 Waving hand 🤚 Raised back of hand 🖐️ Hand with fingers splayed ✋ Raised hand 🖖 Vulcan salute 🫱 Rightwards hand 🫲 Leftwards hand 🫴 Palm up hand 🫳 Palm down hand 🫷 Leftwards pushing hand 🫸 Rightwards pushing hand 👌 OK hand 🤌 Pinched fingers 🤏 Pinching hand ✌️ Victory hand 🤞 Crossed fingers 🫰 Hand with index finger and thumb crossed 🤟 Love-you gesture 🤘 Sign of the horns 🤙 Call me hand 👈 Backhand index pointing left 👉 Backhand index pointing right 👆 Backhand index pointing up 🖕 Middle finger 👇 Backhand index pointing down ☝️ Index pointing up 🫵 Index pointing at the viewer 👍 Thumbs up 👎 Thumbs down 👊 Oncoming fist ✊ Raised fist 🤛 Left-facing fist 🤜 Right-facing fist 👏 Clapping hands 🙌 Raising hands 🫶 Heart hands 👐 Open hands 🤲 Palms up together 🤝 Handshake 🙏 Folded hands ✍️ Writing hand 💅 Nail polish 🤳 Selfie 💪 Flexed biceps 🦾 Mechanical arm 🦿 Mechanical leg 🦵 Leg 🦶 Foot 👂 Ear 🦻 Ear with hearing aid 👃 Nose 🧠 Brain 🫀 Anatomical heart 🫁 Lungs 🦷 Tooth 🦴 Bone 👀 Eyes 👁️ Eye 👅 Tongue 👄 Mouth 🫦 Biting lip 👣 Footprints 🫆 Fingerprint 🧬 Dna 🩸 Drop of blood
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Comments

(1) Comment

  • Could mean something isolated from the main message that needs serious attention. 🤔