Backhand Index Pointing Up
aka
Pointing Up·Look Up·Up Arrow Hand
Check Above·Point Up
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About
The Backhand Index Pointing Up emoji (👆️) is your digital equivalent of saying 'excuse me, but check THIS out.' It's the confident gesture you use when you need to direct attention upward—whether that's to your previous message that got ignored, a brilliant point you just made, or literally anything above that deserves eyeballs on it.
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Vibe & Tone
directing attentiondirectiveemphaticinstructionalneutral
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- Category
- People & Body
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When to use 👆️
- →Directing someone to read your previous message in a chat
- →Pointing out something important in a post or comment above
- →Emphasizing a key point you just made
- →Indicating something literally above (like a ceiling, sky, or upper floor)
- →Drawing attention to pinned messages or announcements
Keywords
backhandindexpointingfingerhandpointuppeoplebody
Related Concepts
look abovesee previous messagecheck that outattentionnotice thisread abovescroll upimportant pointemphasisdirection
Unicode
- Codepoint
- 1F446
- Unicode Version
- 6.1
- Added in Emoji
- 0.6
Did you know?
This emoji is part of the OG emoji set from way back in Unicode 6.1 (2012), making it one of the internet's earliest digital pointing devices—basically the grandfather of all 'look here' gestures online.
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