👉 Backhand Index Pointing Right

👉 Backhand Index Pointing Right is one of the pointing gestures in Unicode's People & Body group. In practice it comes up around backhand, finger, hand and index. Further official keywords are point, pointing and right.

👉 fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. 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+1F449. 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 Left.

• 👉🫵 – Backhand Index Pointing Right and Index Pointing at the Viewer
• 👉👆 – Backhand Index Pointing Right with Backhand Index Pointing up
• 👉👈 – Backhand Index Pointing Right plus Backhand Index Pointing Left
• 👉☝️ – Backhand Index Pointing Right and Index Pointing up
• 👉🖕 – Backhand Index Pointing Right with Middle Finger
• 👉👇 – Backhand Index Pointing Right 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 Left. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.