Index Pointing Up emoji

☝️ · People & Body › Pointing fingers · Emoji 0.6 (2010)

What does ☝️ mean?

☝️ is a hand with the index finger raised straight up. It comes in five skin tones.

It means 'one moment', 'one more thing' or 'good point'. People use it to make a point, to say they're first, or, a bit like 🤓, to deliver a correction with a raised finger.

How people use ☝️

• one sec ☝️
• actually ☝️ it was tuesday
• first ☝️
• just one thing before we go ☝️
• rule number one ☝️ no phones at dinner

Often used with ☝️

• 🤓 Nerd Face
• 🤔 Thinking Face
• 👆 Backhand Index Pointing Up
• 💡 Light Bulb
• 😤 Face with Steam From Nose

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Similar emojis

• 👆 Backhand Index Pointing Up
• 🫵 Index Pointing at the Viewer
• 👉 Backhand Index Pointing Right
• 👇 Backhand Index Pointing Down
• 🤓 Nerd Face
• 💡 Light Bulb
• ✋ Raised Hand
• 🙋 Person Raising Hand
• 👈 Backhand Index Pointing Left
• 🤞 Crossed Fingers
• 🖕 Middle Finger
• 🔼 Upwards Button

Codes for developers

• Code points: U+261D U+FE0F
• HTML: ☝️
• CSS: \261D \FE0F
• JavaScript: \u{261D}\u{FE0F}
• Python: \U0000261D\U0000FE0F
• URL: %E2%98%9D%EF%B8%8F

Details

• Unicode name: index pointing up
• Category: People & Body › Pointing fingers
• Introduced: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
• Skin tones: yes

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