🫵 Index Pointing at the Viewer

The 🫵 Index Pointing at the Viewer emoji belongs to the pointing gestures, filed by Unicode under People & Body. In practice it comes up around at, finger, hand and index. The keyword list continues with pointing, poke, viewer and you.

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 2021 (Emoji 14.0). Its code point is U+1FAF5. The emoji also comes in 5 skin tone variants, listed in the sidebar.

• 🫵 works as a one-character reply when at is the subject.
• Fits messages about at, finger, hand and index.
• Often seen near 🫵🏻 Index Pointing at the Viewer: Light Skin Tone, ☝🏻 Index Pointing Up: Light Skin Tone and ☝️ Index Pointing up.

The finger pointed at the viewer arrived in 2022 with Unicode 14 and immediately became a meme device: “yes, you”. In many cultures, though, pointing at people with the index finger is distinctly rude – in Indonesia, Malaysia and much of Africa one points with the thumb or an open hand instead.

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

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