👆 Backhand Index Pointing up

👆 Backhand Index Pointing up is one of the pointing gestures in Unicode's People & Body group. It usually appears in messages about backhand, finger, hand and index. The keyword list continues with point, pointing and up.

👆 works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. 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+1F446. 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 Up: Light Skin Tone, 👉🏻 Backhand Index Pointing Right: Light Skin Tone and 👉 Backhand Index Pointing Right.

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

Easy to mix up with 👆🏻 Backhand Index Pointing Up: Light Skin Tone, 👉🏻 Backhand Index Pointing Right: 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.