👈Meaning and Description
The 👈 emoji, also called the "Pointing Left" or "Backhand Index Pointing Left" emoji, depicts a left hand with the back of the hand forward. Only the index finger ☝️ and the thumb 👍 cling together and point straight to the left ⬅️, the other fingers are rolled up. This emoji is designed to be more inclusive and diverse by offering a range of skin tone options. This allows users to personalize the emoji and better represent themselves.
The gesture is a common way of indicating something or someone on the left side of the speaker or the viewer. It can also be used to express preference, selection, or suggestion of an option among others. It can also be used to draw attention to a message💬, a link🔗, or an image🖼 that is on the left.
The emoji 👈 is no stranger to the vibrant world of social media, where it thrives on platforms like Twitter, you may be familiar with this emoji in the emoji combo "🥺👉👈" . Users often employ it to highlight specific content (e.g., “Look at this cute dog🐕👈”), as well as to accentuate humor or playfulness (e.g., “No way 👈 Yes way 👉”). Don't be surprised to find it pointing toward usernames, hashtags, or even memes!
The next time you're chatting with friends or scrolling through your social media feed, keep an eye out for the "👈" emoji and just join the fun!
The gesture is a common way of indicating something or someone on the left side of the speaker or the viewer. It can also be used to express preference, selection, or suggestion of an option among others. It can also be used to draw attention to a message💬, a link🔗, or an image🖼 that is on the left.
The emoji 👈 is no stranger to the vibrant world of social media, where it thrives on platforms like Twitter, you may be familiar with this emoji in the emoji combo "🥺👉👈" . Users often employ it to highlight specific content (e.g., “Look at this cute dog🐕👈”), as well as to accentuate humor or playfulness (e.g., “No way 👈 Yes way 👉”). Don't be surprised to find it pointing toward usernames, hashtags, or even memes!
The next time you're chatting with friends or scrolling through your social media feed, keep an eye out for the "👈" emoji and just join the fun!
💡Extended reading and popular science
The meaning of emoji symbol 👈 is backhand index pointing left, it is related to backhand, finger, hand, index, point, it can be found in emoji category: "👌 People & Body" - "👈 Pointing Hand".
👈 is an Emoji modifier base, it can be used as a single Emoji, and can also be combined with the skin tone Emoji modifier to form a new Emoji. There are 5 types of Emoji modifiers, namely: 🏻, 🏼, 🏽, 🏾, 🏿. 👈 is combined with these skin tone Emoji modifiers to form new Emoji modifier sequences. The following are examples of the combination:
The current 👈 is a basic Emoji without variant symbols, and there are two Emoji variation sequences corresponding to it: 👈️ (emoji style, displaying colorful symbols on most new platforms) and 👈︎ (text style, displaying black and white symbols on some old platforms).👈Examples and Usage
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👈Basic Information
Emoji: | 👈 |
Shortname: | backhand index pointing left |
Apple Name: | backhand index finger pointing left |
Known as: | Pointing Left |
Codepoint: | U+1F448 Copy |
Shortcode: | :point_left: Copy |
Decimal: | ALT+128072 |
Unicode Version: | 6.0 (2010-10-11) |
Emoji Version: | 1.0 (2015-06-09) |
Categories: | 👌 People & Body |
Sub Categories: | 👈 Pointing Hand |
Keywords: | backhand | backhand index pointing left | finger | hand | index | point |
Proposal: | L2/07‑257, L2/09‑026 |
👨💻Unicode Information (Advanced Usage)
👈Trend Chart
👈Popularity rating over time
Date Range: 2019-04-07 - 2024-04-07
Update Time: 2024-04-10 17:51:32 UTC 👈and in the last five years, the popularity of this emoji has undergone several large changes.In 2020-03, its popularity showed the biggest increase.In 2018 and 2019, the trend of its popularity converge.
Update Time: 2024-04-10 17:51:32 UTC 👈and in the last five years, the popularity of this emoji has undergone several large changes.In 2020-03, its popularity showed the biggest increase.In 2018 and 2019, the trend of its popularity converge.
👈See also
👈Combos and Memes
- 👺👈Still mad?
- 👉🙄👈I'm not listening
- 👉😡👈I won't listen!
- 🥺👉👈Shyness
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👈Extended Content
👈More Languages
Language | Short Name & Link |
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Arabic | 👈 إصبع لليسار |
Bulgarian | 👈 показалец, сочещ наляво |
Chinese, Simplified | 👈 反手食指向左指 |
Chinese, Traditional | 👈 左 |
Croatian | 👈 kažiprst koji pokazuje ulijevo |
Czech | 👈 ruka s prstem ukazujícím vlevo |
Danish | 👈 peger mod venstre |
Dutch | 👈 achterkant van hand met naar links wijzende wijsvinger |
Filipino | 👈 backhand ng hintuturo na nakaturo sa kaliwa |
Finnish | 👈 vasemmalle osoittava etusormi kämmenselkä katsojaan päin |
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