Backhand Index Pointing Left
aka
pointing left·left pointer
finger point left·back there·left finger
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About
The Backhand Index Pointing Left emoji (👈️) is your go-to for gentle redirection and casual callouts. It's the polite way to say "hey, look at that thing I just mentioned" or to guide attention backward in a conversation without being too aggressive about it.
Platforms
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About
- Category
- People & Body
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When to use 👈️
- →Referencing something you mentioned earlier in the chat
- →Pointing to a previous message or comment
- →Directing someone's attention to something on the left
- →Making a gentle suggestion about where to look
- →Indicating a step backward in instructions
Keywords
backhandindexpointingleftfingerhandpointpeoplebody
Related Concepts
that wayover therecheck that outreferenceredirectguideindicategesturepreviousearlier
Unicode
- Codepoint
- 1F448
- Unicode Version
- 6.1
- Added in Emoji
- 0.6
Did you know?
This emoji was part of the original Unicode 6.1 release in 2012, making it one of the foundational pointing gestures that helped establish our modern digital body language vocabulary.
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