# 👈🏾 Backhand index pointing left emoji: medium-dark skin tone

👈🏾 is the backhand index pointing left emoji (👈) with medium-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: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F448 U+1F3FE
- 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-medium-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
- 👈🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F448 U+1F3FF

## 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. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)

## 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 medium-dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “backhand index pointing left”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “backhand index pointing left”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “backhand index pointing left”, then pick medium-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 medio | dedo, dorso de mano con índice a la izquierda, índice, izquierda, mano, tono de piel oscuro medio |
| Français (fr) | main avec index pointant à gauche : peau mate | doigt, gauche, index, index pointé vers la gauche, main, main avec index pointant à gauche, peau mate |
| Deutsch (de) | nach links weisender Zeigefinger: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | Finger, Handrückseite, links, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, weisen, Zeigefinger, zeigen |
| Italiano (it) | indice verso sinistra: carnagione abbastanza scura | carnagione abbastanza 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 morena escura | costas, dedo, dorso, esquerda, indicador, mão, pele morena escura |
| Nederlands (nl) | achterkant van hand met naar links wijzende wijsvinger: donkergetinte huidskleur | achterkant, donkergetinte huidskleur, hand, links, vinger, wijs, wijsvinger, wijzen |
| Svenska (sv) | vänsterpekande finger: mellanmörk hy | mellanmörk hy, peka åt vänster, pekfinger, vänsterpekande finger |
| Polski (pl) | dłoń z palcem wskazującym w lewo: karnacja średnio ciemna | dłoń z palcem wskazującym w lewo, karnacja średnio ciemna, lewa strona, palec, palec w lewo, ręka, tam, w lewo, wskazujący |
| Türkçe (tr) | elinin tersiyle solu gösteren işaret parmağı: orta koyu cilt tonu | el, elin arkası, elinin tersiyle solu gösteren işaret parmağı, işaret parmağı, orta koyu cilt tonu, parmak, solu gösteren parmak |
| Русский (ru) | указывающий налево палец: темный тон кожи | влево, жест, налево, направление, палец, рука, темный тон кожи, тыльная, указательный, указывать, указывающий |
| Українська (uk) | палець тильним боком, що вказує вліво: помірно темний тон шкіри | вліво, палець, показувати, помірно темний тон шкіри, рука, тильний бік, що вказує |
| Ελληνικά (el) | δείκτης χεριού προς τα αριστερά: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | δάχτυλο, δείκτης, δείκτης χεριού προς τα αριστερά, δείχνω, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, σώμα, χέρι, χτύπημα |
| العربية (ar) | إصبع لليسار: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | إشارة, إصبع, إصبع لليسار, السبابة, بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, تأشير, يد, يسار |
| עברית (he) | גב יד מצביעה שמאלה: גוון עור כהה בינוני | אצבע, גוון עור כהה בינוני, יד, להצביע, מצביעה, צד שמאל, שמאלה |
| فارسی (fa) | اشاره به چپ: پوست گندمی | اشاره, اشاره به چپ, انگشت, بدن, پشت دست, پوست گندمی, دست |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बाईं ओर इशारा करती तर्जनी: हल्की 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, हल्की साँवली त्वचा, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | বামে ইশারা করা উল্টো হাতের তর্জনী: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | আঙ্গুল, বামে ইশারা করা উল্টো হাতের তর্জনী, ব্যাকহ্যান্ড, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, শরীর, সূচক, হাত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | menunjuk ke arah kiri: warna kulit gelap-sedang | badan, jari, kiri, menunjuk ke arah kiri, organ, tangan, telunjuk, tubuh, tunjuk, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ngón trỏ trái chỉ sang trái: màu da tối trung bình | chỉ, màu da tối trung bình, mu bàn tay, ngón tay, ngón trỏ, ngón trỏ trái chỉ sang trái, tay |
| ไทย (th) | นิ้วชี้ทางซ้าย: โทนผิวสีแทน | ชี้, ซ้าย, ท่าทาง, ทิศ, โทนผิวสีแทน, นิ้ว, หลังมือ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 左指差し: やや濃い肌色 | やや濃い肌色, 左, 左指差し, 手, 指, 指差し |
| 한국어 (ko) | 왼쪽을 가리키는 손등: 진한 갈색 피부 | 검지손가락, 색인, 손, 손가락, 손가락 왼쪽으로, 손가락으로 왼쪽 가리키기, 왼쪽, 왼쪽을 가리키는 검지손가락, 왼쪽을 가리키는 손등, 인덱스, 진한 갈색 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 反手食指向左指: 中等-深肤色 | 中等-深肤色, 反手, 反手食指向左指, 向左指, 手, 指左, 食指 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 左：褐皮膚 | 反手, 左, 手, 手指向左, 指, 褐皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): wysvingerrughand wat links wys: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): nsaakyi indɛse a ɛkyerɛ benkum so: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): gishti tregues që tregon majtas: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): የግራ አይበሉባ እጅ የተቀሰረ አመልካች ጣት: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): դեպի ձախ ուղղված ցուցամատ․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): বাওঁহাতৰ তৰ্জনী আঙুলি বাওঁফালে নিৰ্দেশ কৰা: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): solu göstərən sol əlin işarə barmağı: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һулға күрһәтеүсе ҡул арты: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): ezkerrera seinalatzen ari den hatz erakuslea: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): рука з указальным пальцам улева: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): pokazivanje kažiprstom ulijevo: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): показалец, сочещ наляво: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): ဘယ်သို့ ညွှန်ပြနေသည့် လက်ပြန် အညွှန်း − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): main avec index pointant à gauche : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 反手指向左邊: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 反手指向左边: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): dit índex que apunta cap a l’esquerra: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎣᏂᏗᏜᎪᏯᏗ ᎠᏍᏓᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᏎᎯ ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 左：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): сулахаялла кӑтартакан пӳрне: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): kažiprst koji pokazuje ulijevo: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): ruka s prstem ukazujícím vlevo: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): peger mod venstre: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): vasakule osutav sõrm: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): costas da mão com dedo indicador a apontar para a esquerda: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): fremstifingur peikar til vinstru: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): backhand ng hintuturo na nakaturo sa kaliwa: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kämmenselkä ja etusormi vasemmalle: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): índice apuntando á esquerda: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): ხელის ზურგიდან მარხცნივ გაშვერილი საჩვენებელი თითი: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): ડાબી બાજુ ચીંધતી આંગળી: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): ɗan ali na baya mai nunawa hagu: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): left mein point karti index finger: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): kéz balra mutató ujjal: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): fingur bendir til vinstri: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): àzụaka na-arụ aka akaèkpè: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): cúl corrmhéire ag díriú ar chlé: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): geger tangan nuding ngiwa: kulit sawo mateng
- Kabyle (kab): afus s udebbuz yerran s azelmaḍ: taglimt tubrikt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಹಿಮ್ಮುಖ ಸೂಚ್ಯಂಕ ಎಡಕ್ಕೆ ಸೂಚಿಸುತ್ತದೆ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): сол жаққа саусақпен қолды сыртқа қаратып көрсету: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سول جاققا ساۋساقپەن قولدى سىرتقا قاراتىپ كورسەتۋ: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ចង្អុលទៅឆ្វេង: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): urutoki rutunze ibumoso: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): तर्जनी दाव्यान दाखोवपी हाताची फाट: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): сол тарапты көрсөткөн сөөмөй: кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): k’utwiq’ab’ Kuk’ut pa Moxq’ab’: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ນິ້ວຊີ້ໄປຊ້າຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): pa kreisi vērsts rādītājpirksts: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): dorso da man ch’a mostra a-a manciña: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): į kairę pirštu rodanti ranka: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): nalěwo pokazujucy drugi palc: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): no lénks weisende Fanger vun hanne gesinn: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): показалец свртен налево: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): jari telunjuk tunjuk kiri: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): ഇടത്തേക്ക് ചൂണ്ടുന്ന ചൂണ്ടുവിരൽ: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): indiċi b’lura iipponta lejn ix-xellug: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मुठ्ठीच्या मागील बाजूने तर्जनी डावीकडे दर्शविणे: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): mano apuntando índice a la izquierda: tono de piel oscuro medio
- Mongolian (mn): зүүн зүг зааж байгаа: бордуу
- Māori (mi): kōroa tāmuri tohu mauī: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): बायाँतिर देखाइरहेको उल्टो हातको चोर औंला: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bakhánd Niá-Tọ́mb-Fínga De Pọínt Lẹft: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): letsogo la ka morago le šupile ka go le letshadi: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): peker mot venstre – bakhånd: hudtype 5
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): peikar mot venstre – bakhand: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ବାମକୁ ସୂଚାଉଥିବା ବାମ ତର୍ଜନୀର ପଛ ପଟ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dugda harkaa bitatti akeeku: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): د لاس شا له اړخه د اشاره ګوته چپ لور ته اشاره کوي: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਖੱਬੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰਦੀ ਉਂਗਲ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ دے مخالف پاسیوں شہادت دی انگلی نال اوتے کھبے اشارہ کردیاں ہوئیاں: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tʼupsi rukʼanawan lluqʼiman chimpuy: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): dos de mână cu arătătorul spre stânga: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): dies dal maun cun det che mussa a sanestra: pel mez stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): druim na làimhe, colgag a’ tomhadh clì: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): кажипрст који показује улево: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): кажипрст који показује улијево: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kažiprst koji pokazuje ulevo: srednje tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): kažiprst koji pokazuje ulijevo: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): လင်မိုဝ်းၸီႉသၢႆႉ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): کاٻي هٿ جي آڱر کاٻي طرف اشارو ڪندي: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): වමට යොමු වූ අත පිටුපස දබරැඟිල්ල: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): ukazovák doľava: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): hrbtna stran dlani s kazalcem, ki kaže levo: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): Gacan tilmaamaysa bidix: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): kidole cha shahada kinachoelekeza kushoto: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): ангушти ишорат ба тарафи чап ишора карда истода: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): இடது நோக்கி காட்டும் விரல்: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): ఎడమ చూపుడు వేలు: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ናብ ጸጋም ዝሕብር መመልከቲ ናይ ድሕሪት ኢድ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tuhu tuʻanima tonu ki hema: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): lemorago la monwana o o supang o supile molemeng: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): çepi görkezýän el-arkasy süýem barmak: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): pokazowak, kiž pokazuje dolěwa: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): بائیں اشارہ کرتی بیک ہینڈ شہادت کی انگلی: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئارقىچە سولنى كۆرسەتكەن كۆرسەتكۈچ بارماق: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): ko‘rsatkich barmoq chapga: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): mynegfys yr wrthlaw yn pwyntio i’r chwith: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): ginaaw loxo buy joxoñ càmmoñ: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): isalathiso somva wesandla esalatha ekhohlo: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹyin Ọwọ Ti O Tọka Si Apa Osi: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛyin Ɔwɔ Ti O Tɔka Si Apa Osi: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): ukukhomba ngengemuva lesandla sokunxele ngomunwe wokukhomba: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F448 U+1F3FE` |
| HTML | `👈🏾` |
| CSS | `\1F448\1F3FE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F448}\u{1F3FE}` |
| Python | `\U0001F448\U0001F3FE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 88 F0 9F 8F BE` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC48 D83C DFFE` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%88%F0%9F%8F%BE` |

## 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 medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

👈🏾 is the 👈 backhand index pointing left emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 👈 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F448 U+1F3FE.

### How do I type 👈🏾?

Find 👈 in your emoji keyboard by searching “backhand index pointing left”, then press and hold it and choose medium-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+1F3FE. In HTML you can write 👈🏾

### When was 👈🏾 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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