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White Left Pointing Backhand Index

A symbol from the People & Hands collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

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Symbol
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Unicode
U+1F448
HTML entity
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Category
People & Hands

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About the white left pointing backhand index symbol

Identified as the White Left Pointing Backhand Index, this character depicts a human hand with the index finger extended toward the left. It belongs to the Common script and is located within the Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs block. This symbol serves as a directional indicator, visually guiding the reader's attention toward preceding text or an adjacent image. In digital communication, it is often categorized among other hand and people icons used to provide spatial clarity in fixed layouts.

Using this symbol is common in social media posts and digital signage to highlight specific links or buttons. Writers frequently place it at the end of a sentence to point toward a profile picture or a username mentioned earlier in the thread. In instructional text and casual typography, it acts as a decorative bullet or a "refer to" mark, signaling that the most relevant information is located to the left of the hand.

How to type White Left Pointing Backhand Index

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options
  1. Press Win + . (period) to open the emoji & symbol picker.
  2. Or in Word: type 1F448 then Alt + X for the first codepoint.

Multi-codepoint sequence — emoji picker is the reliable option.

macOS

2 options
  1. Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer.
  2. Search by name or paste the symbol — easiest path for multi-codepoint sequences.

Linux

1 step
  1. Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 1F448, then press Enter or Space.

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Skin tone variants

The white left pointing backhand index accepts a Fitzpatrick skin-tone modifier (U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF). Each variant is a distinct copyable sequence — click to copy.

Text vs emoji presentation

This codepoint has two standardized presentations. Append U+FE0E to force the monochrome text form, or U+FE0F to force the colorful emoji form. Default presentation: emoji.

Part of the Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs block

👈 white left pointing backhand index lives inside the Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs Unicode block. Browse every indexed character in Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs →

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