👈 Backhand Index Pointing Left

Unicode lists 👈 Backhand Index Pointing Left among the pointing gestures in the People & Body group. People send it when the subject is backhand, finger, hand and index. Further official keywords are left, point and pointing.

You can drop 👈 into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Gestures and Hands. The character has been part of the standard since 2010 (Emoji 0.6). Its code point is U+1F448. The emoji also comes in 5 skin tone variants, listed in the sidebar.

• 👈 on its own already flags the topic: backhand.
• Fits messages about backhand, finger, hand and index.
• Often seen near 👉🏻 Backhand Index Pointing Right: Light Skin Tone, 👈🏻 Backhand Index Pointing Left: Light Skin Tone and 👉 Backhand Index Pointing Right.

• 👈🫵 – Backhand Index Pointing Left and Index Pointing at the Viewer
• 👈👆 – Backhand Index Pointing Left with Backhand Index Pointing up
• 👈👉 – Backhand Index Pointing Left plus Backhand Index Pointing Right
• 👈☝️ – Backhand Index Pointing Left and Index Pointing up
• 👈🖕 – Backhand Index Pointing Left with Middle Finger
• 👈👇 – Backhand Index Pointing Left plus Backhand Index Pointing Down

Easy to mix up with 👉🏻 Backhand Index Pointing Right: Light Skin Tone, 👈🏻 Backhand Index Pointing Left: Light Skin Tone or 👉 Backhand Index Pointing Right. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.