👈Backhand Index Pointing Left Emoji
Generally, it means “that way” or “over there. ” People use it to direct someone’s attention to something they’re pointing out.
The 👈 emoji shows a finger pointing backward and to the left.
- Unicode
- U+1F448
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :point_left:
- Skin tones
- Yes
What does the 👈 Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 7 of them.
Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Vendors keep repainting this one. Counting the archived versions further down, the backhand index pointing left has been drawn in 4 ways.
iPhone, iPad, macOS
Android, Gmail, Chrome
X, Discord, Twemoji apps
Facebook, Messenger
Open-source, design systems
Galaxy, One UI
Windows, Teams, Fluent
WhatsApp on Android
Slack, Discord themes
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji skin tones
👈 supports all five Fitzpatrick skin tone modifiers. Each one is a separate character sequence — tap any to copy it.
Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :point_left:.
In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F448.
How to type the 👈 Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji
No picker to hand? The backhand index pointing left can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the backhand index pointing left as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around backhand index pointing left for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that with 👈, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
What 👈 means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
What 👈 means in other countries
Useful for pointing at text or an object to the left, though pointing straight at people reads as rude in several cultures.
Points to a link, a previous message, or “check this out” — purely functional.
The two-hand combo reads as shy or nervous fidgeting, a common flirty meme gesture.
Pointing straight at a person is considered impolite in person, carrying over lightly to the emoji.
Before you send it: Great for pointing at content; avoid combining it with a comment aimed at one specific person.
What 👈 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+1F448, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
👈 vs 🫵 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Backhand Index Pointing Left
Code: U+1F448 · added 2010
Shortcode: :point_left:
Generally, it means “that way” or “over there.
Unicode name: Index Pointing at the Viewer
Code: U+1FAF5 · added 2021
Shortcode: :index_pointing_at_the_viewer:
Generally, it means “you” in a critical or pointing way.
Where the 👈 Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Same character every time — U+1F448 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
👈 existed there as
KDDI au E4FF, SoftBank E230.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Backhand Index Pointing Left was approved as U+1F448 and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 👈 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.