# 👉 Backhand index pointing right emoji

👉 Backhand index pointing right is an emoji in the pointing fingers set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: finger, hand and point.

- Emoji: 👉
- Unicode name: backhand index pointing right
- Code points: U+1F449
- Category: People & body, Pointing fingers
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :point_right:
- Keywords: backhand, finger, hand, index, point, pointing, right
- Page: https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-right-emoji

## What it means

A hand with the index finger pointing right, seen from the back of the hand. It directs attention to something on the right or next, as in lists, links and calls to action. Paired with the left-pointing hand, it also forms a shy, bashful pose of two fingertips nervously tapping together.

## Skin tones

- 👉🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-right-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F449 U+1F3FB
- 👉🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-right-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F449 U+1F3FC
- 👉🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-right-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F449 U+1F3FD
- 👉🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-right-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F449 U+1F3FE
- 👉🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-right-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F449 U+1F3FF

## How to type 👉

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “backhand index pointing right”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “backhand index pointing right”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “backhand index pointing right”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “backhand index pointing right”.
- GitHub: Type :point_right: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | dorso de mano con índice a la derecha | dedo, derecha, dorso de mano con índice a la derecha, índice, mano |
| Français (fr) | main avec index pointant à droite | doigt, droite, index, index pointé vers la droite, main, main avec index pointant à droite |
| Deutsch (de) | nach rechts weisender Zeigefinger | Finger, Handrückseite, rechts, weisen, Zeigefinger, zeigen |
| Italiano (it) | indice verso destra | a destra, destra, di là, dito, dito indice, dito verso destra, indicare, indice verso destra, mano |
| Português (pt) | dorso da mão com indicador apontando para a direita | apontar, costas, dedo, direita, dorso, indicador, mão |
| Nederlands (nl) | achterkant van hand met naar rechts wijzende wijsvinger | achterkant, hand, rechts, vinger, wijs, wijsvinger, wijzen |
| Svenska (sv) | högerpekande finger | högerpekande finger, peka åt höger, pekfinger |
| Polski (pl) | dłoń z palcem wskazującym w prawo | dłoń z palcem wskazującym w prawo, palec, palec w prawo, prawa strona, ręka, tam, w prawo, wskazujący |
| Türkçe (tr) | elinin tersiyle sağı gösteren işaret parmağı | el, elin arkası, elinin tersiyle sağı gösteren işaret parmağı, işaret parmağı, parmak, sağı gösteren parmak |
| Русский (ru) | указывающий направо палец | вправо, жест, направление, направо, палец, рука, тыльная, указательный, указывать, указывающий |
| Українська (uk) | палець тильним боком, що вказує вправо | вказівний, палець, палець тильним боком, палець тильним боком, що вказує вправо, показувати, рука, указувати, управо, що вказує вправо |
| Ελληνικά (el) | δείκτης χεριού προς τα δεξιά | δάχτυλο, δείκτης, δείκτης χεριού προς τα δεξιά, δείχνω, δείχνω ότι είναι σωστό, δείχνω το σωστό, δεξιά, σώμα, σωστός, χέρι, χτύπημα |
| العربية (ar) | إصبع لليمين | إشارة, إصبع, إصبع لليمين, السبابة, تأشير, يد, يمين |
| עברית (he) | גב יד מצביעה ימינה | אצבע, יד, ימינה, להצביע, מצביעה, צד ימין |
| فارسی (fa) | اشاره به راست | اشاره, اشاره به راست, انگشت, بدن, پشت دست, دست |
| हिन्दी (hi) | दाईं ओर इशारा करती तर्जनी | अंगुलि, उंगली, तर्जनी अंगुलि, दाईं ओर इशारा करती तर्जनी, दाएं अंगुलि, दाएं इशारा करती ऊंगली, दाएँ ओर इशारा करती ऊँगली, पीछे का हाथ, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | ডানে ইশারা করা উল্টো হাতের তর্জনী | আঙ্গুল, আঙ্গুল দিয়ে দেখানো, ডানদিকে ইশারা করা, ডানে ইশারা করা উল্টো হাতের তর্জনী, পয়েন্ট, ব্যাকহ্যান্ড, শরীর, সূচক, হাত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | menunjuk ke arah kanan | badan, jari, kanan, menunjuk ke arah kanan, organ, tangan, telunjuk, tubuh, tunjuk |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ngón trỏ trái chỉ sang phải | chỉ, mu bàn tay, ngón tay, ngón trỏ, ngón trỏ trái chỉ sang phải, tay |
| ไทย (th) | นิ้วชี้ทางขวา | ขวา, ชี้, นิ้ว, นิ้วชี้ทางขวา, มือ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 右指差し | 右, 右指差し, 手, 指, 指差し |
| 한국어 (ko) | 오른쪽을 가리키는 손등 | 검지손가락, 색인, 손, 손가락, 손가락 오른쪽으로, 손가락으로 오른쪽 가리키기, 손등, 오른쪽, 오른쪽을 가리키는 검지손가락, 오른쪽을 가리키는 손등, 인덱스 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 反手食指向右指 | 反手, 反手食指向右指, 向右指, 手, 指右, 食指 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 右 | 右, 手, 指, 指向右方 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): wysvingerrughand wat regs wys
- Akan (ak): nsaakyi indɛse a ɛkyerɛ nifa so
- Albanian (sq): gisht tregues i drejtuar djathtas
- Amharic (am): የቀኝ አይበሉባ እጅ የተቀሰረ አመልካች ጣት
- Armenian (hy): դեպի աջ ուղղված ցուցամատ
- Assamese (as): বাওঁহাতৰ তৰ্জনী আঙুলি সোঁফালে নিৰ্দেশ কৰা
- Azerbaijani (az): sağı göstərən sol əlin işarə barmağı
- Bashkir (ba): уңға күрһәтеүсе ҡул арты
- Basque (eu): eskuinera seinalatzen ari den hatz erakuslea
- Belarusian (be): рука з указальным пальцам управа
- Bosnian (bs): pokazivanje kažiprstom udesno
- Breton (br): dorn gant biz o vukañ a-zehoù
- Bulgarian (bg): показалец, сочещ надясно
- Burmese (my): ညာသို့ ညွှန်ပြနေသည့် လက်ပြန် အညွှန်း
- Cantonese (yue): 反手指向右邊
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 反手指向右边
- Catalan (ca): dit índex que apunta cap a la dreta
- Cherokee (chr): ᎣᏂᏗᏜᎪᏯᏗ ᎠᏍᏓᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᏎᎯ ᎠᎦᏘᏏ
- Chuvash (cv): сылтӑмалла кӑтартакан пӳрне
- Croatian (hr): kažiprst koji pokazuje udesno
- Czech (cs): ruka s prstem ukazujícím vpravo
- Danish (da): peger mod højre
- Estonian (et): paremale osutav sõrm
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): costas da mão com dedo indicador a apontar para a direita
- Faroese (fo): fremstifingur peikar til høgru
- Filipino (fil): backhand ng hintuturo na nakaturo sa kanan
- Finnish (fi): kämmenselkä ja etusormi oikealle
- Galician (gl): índice apuntando á dereita
- Georgian (ka): ხელის ზურგიდან მარჯვნივ გაშვერილი საჩვენებელი თითი
- Gujarati (gu): જમણી બાજુ ચીંધતી આંગળી
- Hausa (ha): ɗan ali na baya mai nunawa dama
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): right mein point karti index finger
- Hungarian (hu): kéz jobbra mutató ujjal
- Icelandic (is): fingur bendir til hægri
- Igbo (ig): àzụaka na-arụ aka akanri
- Irish (ga): cúl corrmhéire ag díriú ar dheis
- Javanese (jv): geger tangan nuding nengen
- Kalaallisut (kl): højre
- Kannada (kn): ಹಿಮ್ಮುಖ ಸೂಚ್ಯಂಕ ಬಲಕ್ಕೆ ಸೂಚಿಸುತ್ತದೆ
- Kazakh (kk): оң жаққа саусақпен қолды сыртқа қаратып көрсету
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): وڭ جاققا ساۋساقپەن قولدى سىرتقا قاراتىپ كورسەتۋ
- Khmer (km): ចង្អុលទៅស្តាំ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): urutoki rutunze iburyo
- Konkani (kok): तर्जनी उजव्यान दाखोवपी हाताची फाट
- Kyrgyz (ky): оң тарапты көрсөткөн сөөмөй
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): k’utwiq’ab’ Kuk’ut pa Wikiq’ab’
- Lao (lo): ນິ້ວຊີ້ໄປຂວາ
- Latvian (lv): pa labi vērsts rādītājpirksts
- Lithuanian (lt): į dešinę pirštu rodanti ranka
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): napšawo pokazujucy drugii palc
- Luxembourgish (lb): no riets weisende Fanger vun hanne gesinn
- Macedonian (mk): показалец свртен надесно
- Malay (ms): jari telunjuk tunjuk kanan
- Malayalam (ml): വലത്തേക്ക് ചൂണ്ടുന്ന ചൂണ്ടുവിരൽ
- Maltese (mt): indiċi b’lura li jipponta lejn il-lemin
- Marathi (mr): मुठ्ठीच्या मागील बाजूने तर्जनी उजवीकडे दर्शविणे
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): mano apuntando índice a la derecha
- Mongolian (mn): баруун зүг зааж байгаа
- Māori (mi): kōroa tāmuri tohu matau
- Nepali (ne): दायाँतिर देखाइरहेको उल्टो हातको चोर औंला
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bakhánd Niá-Tọ́mb-Fínga De Pọínt Rait
- Northern Sotho (nso): letsogo la ka morago le šupile ka go le letona
- Norwegian (no): peker mot høyre – bakhånd
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): peikar mot høgre – bakhand
- Odia (or): ଡାହାଣକୁ ସୂଚାଉଥିବା ହାତର ପଛପଟ ତର୍ଜନୀ ଆଙ୍ଗୁଠି
- Oromo (om): dugda harkaa mirgatti akeeku
- Pashto (ps): د لاس شا له اړخه د اشاره ګوته ښي لور ته اشاره کوي
- Punjabi (pa): ਸੱਜੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰਦੀ ਉਂਗਲ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ دے مخالف پاسیوں شہادت دی انگلی نال سجے اشارہ کردیاں ہوئیاں
- Quechua (qu): tʼupsi rukʼanawan pañaman chimpuy
- Romanian (ro): dos de mână cu arătătorul spre dreapta
- Romansh (rm): dies dal maun cun det che mussa a dretga
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): druim na làimhe, colgag a’ tomhadh deas
- Serbian (sr): кажипрст који показује удесно
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kažiprst koji pokazuje udesno
- Shan (shn): လင်မိုဝ်းၸီႉၶႂႃ
- Sindhi (sd): کاٻي هٿ جي آڱر ساڄي طرف اشارو ڪندي
- Sinhala (si): දකුණට යොමු වූ අත පිටුපස දබරැඟිල්ල
- Slovak (sk): ukazovák doprava
- Slovenian (sl): hrbtna stran dlani s kazalcem, ki kaže desno
- Somali (so): gacan tilmaamaysa midig
- Swahili (sw): kidole cha shahada kinachoelekeza kulia
- Tajik (tg): ангушти ишорат ба тарафи рост ишора карда истода
- Tamil (ta): வலது நோக்கி காட்டும் விரல்
- Telugu (te): కుడి చూపుడు వేలు
- Tigrinya (ti): ናብ የማን ዝሕብር መመልከቲ ንድሕሪት
- Tongan (to): tuhu tuʻanima tonu ki mataʻu
- Tswana (tn): lemorago la monwana o o supang o supile mojeng
- Turkmen (tk): sagy görkezýän el-arkasy süýem barmak
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): pokazowak, kiž pokazuje doprawa
- Urdu (ur): دائیں اشارہ کرتی بیک ہینڈ شہادت کی انگلی
- Uyghur (ug): ئارقىچە ئوڭنى كۆرسەتكەن كۆرسەتكۈچ بارماق
- Uzbek (uz): ko‘rsatkich barmoq oʻngga
- Welsh (cy): mynegfys yr wrthlaw yn pwyntio i’r dde
- Wolof (wo): ginaaw loxo buy joxoñ ndijoor
- Xhosa (xh): isalathiso somva wesandla esalatha ekunene
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹyin Ọwọ Ti O Tọka Si Apa Ọtun
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛyin Ɔwɔ Ti O Tɔka Si Apa Ɔtun
- Zulu (zu): ukukhomba ngengemuva lesandla sokudla ngomunwe wokukhomba

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F449` |
| HTML | `👉` |
| CSS | `\1F449` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F449}` |
| Python | `\U0001F449` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 89` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC49` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%89` |

## Questions

### What does the 👉 backhand index pointing right emoji mean?

A hand with the index finger pointing right, seen from the back of the hand. It directs attention to something on the right or next, as in lists, links and calls to action. Paired with the left-pointing hand, it also forms a shy, bashful pose of two fingertips nervously tapping together.

### How do I type the 👉 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “backhand index pointing right”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :point_right:.

### When was the 👉 emoji added?

👉 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 👉?

U+1F449. In HTML you can write 👉, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F449}.

### Does 👉 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 👉🏻 light, 👉🏼 medium-light, 👉🏽 medium, 👉🏾 medium-dark and 👉🏿 dark.

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