# 👈🏿 Backhand index pointing left emoji: dark skin tone

👈🏿 is the backhand index pointing left emoji (👈) with dark skin tone. It's 👈 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: 👈🏿
- Unicode name: backhand index pointing left: dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F448 U+1F3FF
- Category: People & body, Pointing fingers
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [👈 Backhand index pointing left](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A hand with the index finger pointing left, seen from the back of the hand. It directs attention to something on the left or to the item before it, like a previous message. Lists, captions and jokes use it as an arrow.

## Other skin tones

- 👈 [Backhand index pointing left](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-emoji.md)
- 👈🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F448 U+1F3FB
- 👈🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F448 U+1F3FC
- 👈🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F448 U+1F3FD
- 👈🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F448 U+1F3FE

## What it's made of

👈🏿 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 👈 [Backhand index pointing left](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-emoji.md) (U+1F448)
2. 🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FF)

## How to type 👈🏿

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “backhand index pointing left”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “backhand index pointing left”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “backhand index pointing left”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “backhand index pointing left”, then pick dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | dorso de mano con índice a la izquierda: tono de piel oscuro | dedo, dorso de mano con índice a la izquierda, índice, izquierda, mano, tono de piel oscuro |
| Français (fr) | main avec index pointant à gauche : peau foncée | doigt, gauche, index, index pointé vers la gauche, main, main avec index pointant à gauche, peau foncée |
| Deutsch (de) | nach links weisender Zeigefinger: dunkle Hautfarbe | dunkle Hautfarbe, Finger, Handrückseite, links, weisen, Zeigefinger, zeigen |
| Italiano (it) | indice verso sinistra: carnagione scura | carnagione scura, direzione, dito, dito verso sinistra, indicare, indice, indice verso sinistra, là, mano, sinistra |
| Português (pt) | dorso da mão com indicador apontando para a esquerda: pele escura | costas, dedo, dorso, esquerda, indicador, mão, pele escura |
| Nederlands (nl) | achterkant van hand met naar links wijzende wijsvinger: donkere huidskleur | achterkant, donkere huidskleur, hand, links, vinger, wijs, wijsvinger, wijzen |
| Svenska (sv) | vänsterpekande finger: mörk hy | mörk hy, peka åt vänster, pekfinger, vänsterpekande finger |
| Polski (pl) | dłoń z palcem wskazującym w lewo: karnacja ciemna | dłoń z palcem wskazującym w lewo, karnacja ciemna, lewa strona, palec, palec w lewo, ręka, tam, w lewo, wskazujący |
| Türkçe (tr) | elinin tersiyle solu gösteren işaret parmağı: koyu cilt tonu | el, elin arkası, elinin tersiyle solu gösteren işaret parmağı, işaret parmağı, koyu cilt tonu, parmak, solu gösteren parmak |
| Русский (ru) | указывающий налево палец: очень темный тон кожи | влево, жест, налево, направление, очень темный тон кожи, палец, рука, тыльная, указательный, указывать, указывающий |
| Українська (uk) | палець тильним боком, що вказує вліво: темний тон шкіри | вліво, палець, показувати, рука, темний тон шкіри, тильний бік, що вказує |
| Ελληνικά (el) | δείκτης χεριού προς τα αριστερά: σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | δάχτυλο, δείκτης, δείκτης χεριού προς τα αριστερά, δείχνω, σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, σώμα, χέρι, χτύπημα |
| العربية (ar) | إصبع لليسار: بشرة بلون غامق | إشارة, إصبع, إصبع لليسار, السبابة, بشرة بلون غامق, تأشير, يد, يسار |
| עברית (he) | גב יד מצביעה שמאלה: גוון עור כהה | אצבע, גוון עור כהה, יד, להצביע, מצביעה, צד שמאל, שמאלה |
| فارسی (fa) | اشاره به چپ: پوست آبنوسی | اشاره, اشاره به چپ, انگشت, بدن, پشت دست, پوست آبنوسی, دست |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बाईं ओर इशारा करती तर्जनी: साँवली त्वचा | अंगुलि, उंगली, तर्जनी अंगुलि, पीछे का हाथ, बाईं ओर इशारा करती तर्जनी, बाएं अंगुलि, बाएं इशारा करती ऊंगली, बाएँ ओर इशारा करती ऊँगली, साँवली त्वचा, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | বামে ইশারা করা উল্টো হাতের তর্জনী: কালো ত্বকের রঙ | আঙ্গুল, কালো ত্বকের রঙ, বামে ইশারা করা উল্টো হাতের তর্জনী, ব্যাকহ্যান্ড, শরীর, সূচক, হাত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | menunjuk ke arah kiri: warna kulit gelap | badan, jari, kiri, menunjuk ke arah kiri, organ, tangan, telunjuk, tubuh, tunjuk, warna kulit gelap |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ngón trỏ trái chỉ sang trái: màu da tối | chỉ, màu da tối, mu bàn tay, ngón tay, ngón trỏ, ngón trỏ trái chỉ sang trái, tay |
| ไทย (th) | นิ้วชี้ทางซ้าย: โทนผิวสีเข้ม | ชี้, ซ้าย, ท่าทาง, ทิศ, โทนผิวสีเข้ม, นิ้ว, หลังมือ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 左指差し: 濃い肌色 | 左, 左指差し, 手, 指, 指差し, 濃い肌色 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 왼쪽을 가리키는 손등: 검은색 피부 | 검은색 피부, 검지손가락, 색인, 손, 손가락, 손가락 왼쪽으로, 손가락으로 왼쪽 가리키기, 왼쪽, 왼쪽을 가리키는 검지손가락, 왼쪽을 가리키는 손등, 인덱스 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 反手食指向左指: 较深肤色 | 反手, 反手食指向左指, 向左指, 手, 指左, 较深肤色, 食指 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 左：黑皮膚 | 反手, 左, 手, 手指向左, 指, 黑皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): wysvingerrughand wat links wys: donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): nsaakyi indɛse a ɛkyerɛ benkum so: wedeε ani tuntum
- Albanian (sq): gishti tregues që tregon majtas: nuancë lëkure e errët
- Amharic (am): የግራ አይበሉባ እጅ የተቀሰረ አመልካች ጣት: የቆዳ ዓይነት-6
- Armenian (hy): դեպի ձախ ուղղված ցուցամատ․ մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): বাওঁহাতৰ তৰ্জনী আঙুলি বাওঁফালে নিৰ্দেশ কৰা: ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): solu göstərən sol əlin işarə barmağı: tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һулға күрһәтеүсе ҡул арты: ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): ezkerrera seinalatzen ari den hatz erakuslea: 6. mota
- Belarusian (be): рука з указальным пальцам улева: цёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): pokazivanje kažiprstom ulijevo: tamna boja kože
- Breton (br): dorn gant biz o vukañ a-gleiz : krocʼhen teñval
- Bulgarian (bg): показалец, сочещ наляво: тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): ဘယ်သို့ ညွှန်ပြနေသည့် လက်ပြန် အညွှန်း − အသားမည်းရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): main avec index pointant à gauche : peau foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 反手指向左邊: 深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 反手指向左边: 深肤色
- Catalan (ca): dit índex que apunta cap a l’esquerra: pell molt fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎣᏂᏗᏜᎪᏯᏗ ᎠᏍᏓᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᏎᎯ ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ: ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): сулахаялла кӑтартакан пӳрне: сӑран тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): kažiprst koji pokazuje ulijevo: tamno smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): ruka s prstem ukazujícím vlevo: tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): peger mod venstre: mørk teint
- Estonian (et): vasakule osutav sõrm: tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): costas da mão com dedo indicador a apontar para a esquerda: tipo de pele 6
- Faroese (fo): fremstifingur peikar til vinstru: myrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): backhand ng hintuturo na nakaturo sa kaliwa: dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kämmenselkä ja etusormi vasemmalle: tumma iho
- Galician (gl): índice apuntando á esquerda: ton de pel moi escuro
- Georgian (ka): ხელის ზურგიდან მარხცნივ გაშვერილი საჩვენებელი თითი: კანის მუქი ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): ડાબી બાજુ ચીંધતી આંગળી: ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): ɗan ali na baya mai nunawa hagu: launin fata mai duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): left mein point karti index finger: dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): kéz balra mutató ujjal: sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): fingur bendir til vinstri: dökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): àzụaka na-arụ aka akaèkpè: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji
- Irish (ga): cúl corrmhéire ag díriú ar chlé: ton cnis dorcha
- Javanese (jv): geger tangan nuding ngiwa: kulit ireng
- Kabyle (kab): afus s udebbuz yerran s azelmaḍ: taglimt tubrikt
- Kannada (kn): ಹಿಮ್ಮುಖ ಸೂಚ್ಯಂಕ ಎಡಕ್ಕೆ ಸೂಚಿಸುತ್ತದೆ: ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): сол жаққа саусақпен қолды сыртқа қаратып көрсету: 6-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سول جاققا ساۋساقپەن قولدى سىرتقا قاراتىپ كورسەتۋ: 6-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ចង្អុលទៅឆ្វេង: សម្បុរខ្មៅ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): urutoki rutunze ibumoso: ibara ry’uruhu rwirabura
- Konkani (kok): तर्जनी दाव्यान दाखोवपी हाताची फाट: गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): сол тарапты көрсөткөн сөөмөй: кара
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): k’utwiq’ab’ Kuk’ut pa Moxq’ab’: q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ນິ້ວຊີ້ໄປຊ້າຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳ
- Latvian (lv): pa kreisi vērsts rādītājpirksts: tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): dorso da man ch’a mostra a-a manciña: carnaxon scua
- Lithuanian (lt): į kairę pirštu rodanti ranka: itin tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): nalěwo pokazujucy drugi palc: śamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): no lénks weisende Fanger vun hanne gesinn: däischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): показалец свртен налево: тип на кожа 6
- Malay (ms): jari telunjuk tunjuk kiri: ton kulit gelap
- Malayalam (ml): ഇടത്തേക്ക് ചൂണ്ടുന്ന ചൂണ്ടുവിരൽ: ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): indiċi b’lura iipponta lejn ix-xellug: ton skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मुठ्ठीच्या मागील बाजूने तर्जनी डावीकडे दर्शविणे: काळसर त्वचा
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): mano apuntando índice a la izquierda: tono de piel oscuro
- Mongolian (mn): зүүн зүг зааж байгаа: бор
- Māori (mi): kōroa tāmuri tohu mauī: kiri āhua parauri
- Nepali (ne): बायाँतिर देखाइरहेको उल्टो हातको चोर औंला: छालाको प्रकार-६
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bakhánd Niá-Tọ́mb-Fínga De Pọínt Lẹft: Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): letsogo la ka morago le šupile ka go le letshadi: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana
- Norwegian (no): peker mot venstre – bakhånd: hudtype 6
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): peikar mot venstre – bakhand: hudtype 6
- Odia (or): ବାମକୁ ସୂଚାଉଥିବା ବାମ ତର୍ଜନୀର ପଛ ପଟ: ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dugda harkaa bitatti akeeku: toonii gogaa gurraachaa
- Pashto (ps): د لاس شا له اړخه د اشاره ګوته چپ لور ته اشاره کوي: تور پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਖੱਬੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰਦੀ ਉਂਗਲ: ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ دے مخالف پاسیوں شہادت دی انگلی نال اوتے کھبے اشارہ کردیاں ہوئیاں: کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tʼupsi rukʼanawan lluqʼiman chimpuy: yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): dos de mână cu arătătorul spre stânga: ton închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): dies dal maun cun det che mussa a sanestra: pel stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): druim na làimhe, colgag a’ tomhadh clì: tòna doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): кажипрст који показује улево: тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): кажипрст који показује улијево: тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kažiprst koji pokazuje ulevo: tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): kažiprst koji pokazuje ulijevo: tamna koža
- Shan (shn): လင်မိုဝ်းၸီႉသၢႆႉ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): کاٻي هٿ جي آڱر کاٻي طرف اشارو ڪندي: ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): වමට යොමු වූ අත පිටුපස දබරැඟිල්ල: සමෙහි වර්ගය-6
- Slovak (sk): ukazovák doľava: tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): hrbtna stran dlani s kazalcem, ki kaže levo: temen ten kože
- Somali (so): Gacan tilmaamaysa bidix: jidh madaw
- Swahili (sw): kidole cha shahada kinachoelekeza kushoto: ngozi nyeusi
- Tajik (tg): ангушти ишорат ба тарафи чап ишора карда истода: ранги торики пӯст
- Tamil (ta): இடது நோக்கி காட்டும் விரல்: வகை 6
- Telugu (te): ఎడమ చూపుడు వేలు: ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ናብ ጸጋም ዝሕብር መመልከቲ ናይ ድሕሪት ኢድ፦ ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tuhu tuʻanima tonu ki hema: kili ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): lemorago la monwana o o supang o supile molemeng: letlalo la mmala o montsho
- Turkmen (tk): çepi görkezýän el-arkasy süýem barmak: goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): pokazowak, kiž pokazuje dolěwa: ćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): بائیں اشارہ کرتی بیک ہینڈ شہادت کی انگلی: جلد کی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئارقىچە سولنى كۆرسەتكەن كۆرسەتكۈچ بارماق: توق تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): ko‘rsatkich barmoq chapga: 6-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): mynegfys yr wrthlaw yn pwyntio i’r chwith: arlliw croen tywyll
- Wolof (wo): ginaaw loxo buy joxoñ càmmoñ: xeesaayu der bu ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): isalathiso somva wesandla esalatha ekhohlo: ithoni yesikhumba emnyama
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹyin Ọwọ Ti O Tọka Si Apa Osi: adúláwọ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛyin Ɔwɔ Ti O Tɔka Si Apa Osi: adúláwɔ̀
- Zulu (zu): ukukhomba ngengemuva lesandla sokunxele ngomunwe wokukhomba: uhlobo-6

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F448 U+1F3FF` |
| HTML | `👈🏿` |
| CSS | `\1F448\1F3FF` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F448}\u{1F3FF}` |
| Python | `\U0001F448\U0001F3FF` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 88 F0 9F 8F BF` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC48 D83C DFFF` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%88%F0%9F%8F%BF` |

## Questions

### What does 👈🏿 mean?

A hand with the index finger pointing left, seen from the back of the hand. It directs attention to something on the left or to the item before it, like a previous message. Lists, captions and jokes use it as an arrow. 👈🏿 shows it with dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 👈🏿 and 👈?

👈🏿 is the 👈 backhand index pointing left emoji with dark skin tone. It's 👈 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F448 U+1F3FF.

### How do I type 👈🏿?

Find 👈 in your emoji keyboard by searching “backhand index pointing left”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 👈🏿?

U+1F448 U+1F3FF. In HTML you can write 👈🏿

### When was 👈🏿 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-dark-skin-tone-emoji