U+1F448
👈 Backhand index pointing left
- Category
- People & Body
- Subcategory
- Single Finger Gestures
- Also known as
- white left pointing backhand index
- Shortcode
- Unicode version
- 6.0 (2010)
- Emoji version
- 0.6 (2010)
- Status
- fully-qualified
What the 👈 emoji means
An index finger aimed to the left. «That one», «what I said above», «go back».
Less used than 👉 because text runs left to right and there is usually nothing to point back at. Its main life now is in 👉👈, the meme for shyness.
Chat examples
Will your readers see 👈
The symbol predates 2018, so every system in use today draws it. Safe for an email, a heading or a signature.
- Apple always there
- Google always there
- Microsoft always there
- Samsung always there
Checked against release descriptions on August 31, 2026. When new emoji reach devices.
Where the 👈 emoji is used
The 👈 smiley copies in one tap and pastes into a chat as text, not as a picture: it is a Unicode symbol, so it works the same in WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord and in a post caption. Every platform draws emoji its own way — below you can see how backhand index pointing left is drawn in the open Noto, OpenMoji and Twemoji sets.
How the smiley looks on different platforms
- 👈 Your deviceNative system font
-
Noto Color Emoji
Apache License 2.0
💾 SVG
-
OpenMoji
CC BY-SA 4.0
💾 SVG
-
Twemoji
CC BY 4.0
💾 SVG
Only openly licensed emoji sets are shown. Artwork from Apple, Samsung and other closed platforms is not reproduced. Emoji fonts and image sets.
Skin tone · Gender
Emoji codes for developers
Name in other languages
| English | backhand index pointing left |
|---|---|
| Русский | указывающий налево палец |
| Deutsch | nach links weisender Zeigefinger |
| Español | dorso de mano con índice a la izquierda |
| Français | main avec index pointant à gauche |
| Polski | dłoń z palcem wskazującym w lewo |
| Dansk | peger mod venstre |
| Українська | палець тильним боком, що вказує вліво |
| Português | dorso da mão com indicador apontando para a esquerda |
Unicode CLDR 48