# ☝🏻 Index pointing up emoji: light skin tone

☝🏻 is the index pointing up emoji (☝️) with light skin tone. It's ☝️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: ☝🏻
- Unicode name: index pointing up: light skin tone
- Code points: U+261D U+1F3FB
- Category: People & body, Pointing fingers
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [☝️ Index pointing up](https://emojichart.com/index-pointing-up-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/index-pointing-up-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A hand with a single index finger pointing straight up. 'Number one', 'attention' and 'listen up' are its meanings, and it is used to stress a point or add a know-it-all tone. It can also refer to what was just said above.

## Other skin tones

- ☝️ [Index pointing up](https://emojichart.com/index-pointing-up-emoji.md)
- ☝🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/index-pointing-up-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+261D U+1F3FC
- ☝🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/index-pointing-up-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+261D U+1F3FD
- ☝🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/index-pointing-up-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+261D U+1F3FE
- ☝🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/index-pointing-up-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+261D U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

☝🏻 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. ☝️ [Index pointing up](https://emojichart.com/index-pointing-up-emoji.md) (U+261D U+FE0F)
2. 🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FB)

## How to type ☝🏻

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | dedo índice hacia arriba: tono de piel claro | apuntar, arriba, dedo, dedo índice hacia arriba, mano, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | index pointant vers le haut : peau claire | doigt, haut, index, index pointant vers le haut, index pointé vers le haut, main, moi, peau claire |
| Deutsch (de) | nach oben weisender Zeigefinger von vorne: helle Hautfarbe | Finger, Hand, Handvorderseite, helle Hautfarbe, hier, melden, oben, weisen, Zeigefinger, zeigen |
| Italiano (it) | indice verso l’alto: carnagione chiara | carnagione chiara, dito, dito verso l’alto, in alto, indicare, indice verso l’alto, io, sopra, tu |
| Português (pt) | indicador apontando para cima: pele clara | dedo, dedo apontando para cima, eu, indicador, indicador apontando para cima, mão, pele clara |
| Nederlands (nl) | omhoog wijzende wijsvinger: lichte huidskleur | dit, hand, lichte huidskleur, omhoog, vinger, wijs, wijsvinger, wijzen |
| Svenska (sv) | finger upp: ljus hy | finger, finger upp, förmaning, ljus hy, peka |
| Polski (pl) | palec wskazujący w górę: karnacja jasna | do góry, góra, karnacja jasna, palec, palec wskazujący w górę, ręka, w górę, wskazujący |
| Türkçe (tr) | yukarıyı gösteren işaret parmağı: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, beden, el, gösterme, işaret parmağı, izin isteme, parmak, yukarı, yukarıyı gösteren işaret parmağı |
| Русский (ru) | указательный палец вверх: очень светлый тон кожи | вверх, внимание, направление, очень светлый тон кожи, палец, послушайте, рука, указательный |
| Українська (uk) | вказівний палець, що вказує вгору: світлий тон шкіри | вгору, вказівний, зауважте, палець, рука, світлий тон шкіри, увага, угору, указувати, хвилинку, цей |
| Ελληνικά (el) | δείκτης χεριού προς τα επάνω: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, αυτό, δάχτυλο, δείκτης, δείκτης χεριού προς τα επάνω, δείχνω, επάνω, σώμα, χέρι |
| العربية (ar) | سبابة يشير لأعلى: بشرة بلون فاتح | أعلى, إشارة, إصبع, بشرة بلون فاتح, تأشير, جسد, سبابة, سبابة لأعلى, سبابة يشير لأعلى, فوق, يد |
| עברית (he) | יד מצביעה למעלה: גוון עור בהיר | אצבע, גוון עור בהיר, הכי טוב, יד, להצביע, למעלה, מצביעה, מקום ראשון |
| فارسی (fa) | اشاره به بالا: پوست سفید | اشاره, اشاره به بالا, انگشت, بالا, بدن, پوست سفید, دست |
| हिन्दी (hi) | ऊपर की ओर इशारा करती तर्जनी: गोरी त्वचा | उंगली, ऊपर, ऊपर इशारा करती हुई उंगली, ऊपर की ओर इशारा करती तर्जनी, गोरी त्वचा, पॉइंट, शरीर, सूचकांक, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | উপরের দিকে ইশারা করা: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | আঙ্গুল, আপ, উপরের দিকে ইশারা করা, উপরের দিকে দেখানো, পয়েন্ট, শরীর, হাত, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | menunjuk ke atas: warna kulit cerah | atas, badan, jari, menunjuk ke atas, satu, tangan, telunjuk, tubuh, tunjuk, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ngón trỏ chỉ lên trên: màu da sáng | chỉ, lên, màu da sáng, ngón tay, ngón trỏ, ngón trỏ chỉ lên trên, tay |
| ไทย (th) | นิ้วชี้ขึ้น: โทนผิวสีขาว | ขึ้น, ชี้, โทนผิวสีขาว, นิ้ว, บน, มือ, เหนือ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 上指差し: 薄い肌色 | 上, 上指差し, 手, 指差し, 薄い肌色 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 위쪽을 가리키는 손: 하얀 피부 | 가리키기, 검지, 색인, 손, 손가락, 위쪽을 가리키는 손, 이거, 인덱스, 하얀 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 食指向上指: 较浅肤色 | 向上指, 手, 指上, 较浅肤色, 食指, 食指向上指 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 注意：白皮膚 | 提示, 提醒, 注意, 白皮膚, 食指 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): wysvinger wat op wys: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): indɛse rekyerɛ soro: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): gisht tregues që tregon lart: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): ወደ ላይ የተቀሰረ አመልካች ጣት: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): վեր ուղղված ցուցամատ․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): তৰ্জনী ওপৰলৈ নিৰ্দেশ কৰা: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): işarə barmağı: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): өҫкә күрһәтеүсе һуҡ бармаҡ: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): gora seinalatzen ari den hatz erakuslea: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): указальны палец уверх: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): kažiprst pokazuje gore: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): Показалец нагоре: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): အပေါ်သို့ ညွှန်ပြနေသည့် အညွှန်း − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): index pointant vers le haut : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 指向上邊: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 指向上边: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): índex que apunta cap amunt: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏎᎯ ᏩᏎᎯᎲᎢ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): шӗвӗр пӳрне ҫӳлелле: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): kažiprst pokazuje gore: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): ruka ukazující nahoru: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): rækker finger op: lys teint
- Estonian (et): üles osutav sõrm: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): dedo indicador a apontar para cima: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): lógvi og fremstifingur peikar uppeftir: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): hintuturo na nakaturo sa itaas: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): ylös osoittava etusormi: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): índice apuntando cara arriba: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): ზემოთ აშვერილი საჩვენებელი თითი: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): ઉપર ચીંધતી તર્જની: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): ɗan ali mai nunawa sama: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): oopar point karti index finger: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): kéz felfelé mutató ujjal: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): vísifingur bendir upp: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): na-arụ aka n’elu: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): corrmhéar ag díriú suas: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): driji panuduh ngacung: kulit putih
- Kabyle (kab): ccahed yerran d asawen: taglimt taceɛlalt
- Kannada (kn): ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): жоғарыға саусақпен көрсету: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): جوعارىعا ساۋساقپەن كورسەتۋ: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ចង្អុលទៅលើ: សម្បុរស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): gutunga mukubitarukoko hejuru: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
- Konkani (kok): तर्जनी वयर दाखयता: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): өйдө жакты көрсөткөн сөөмөй: акжуумал
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): ch’ipel kuk’ut uwi’: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຝ່າມືນີ້ວຊີ້ຂຶ້ນ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): augšup vērsts rādītājpirksts: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): dio longâ ch’o ponta in sciù: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): delnu atsukta aukštyn pirštu rodanti ranka: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): górjej pokazujucy drugi palc wót prědka: swětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): no uewe weisende Fanger: hell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): показалец нагоре: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): jari telunjuk menunjuk ke atas: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): മുകളിലേക്ക് ചൂണ്ടുന്ന വിരൽ: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): indiċi li jipponta ’l fuq: ton ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): वर दर्शविणारी तर्जनी: उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): дээшээг зааж байгаа: цайвар
- Māori (mi): kōroa tohu ake: kiri āhua māmā
- Nepali (ne): माथितिर देखाइरहेको चोर औंला: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Niá-Tọ́mb-Fínga De Pọínt Ọp: Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monwana wa bone o šupile godimo: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
- Norwegian (no): peker opp: hudtype 1–2
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): peikar opp: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ଉପରକୁ ସୂଚାଉଥିବା ତର୍ଜନୀ ଆଙ୍ଗୁଠି: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): akeektuu ol akeeku: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): اشاره ګوته پورته لور ته اشاره کوي: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਉੱਪਰ ਵੱਲ ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰਦੀ ਉਂਗਲ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): اوتے اشارہ کردی شہادت آلی اُنگل: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): rukʼanawan hanaqman chimpuy: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): deget arătător îndreptat în sus: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): det mussader che mussa ensi: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): colgag a’ tomhadh suas: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): кажипрст који показује нагоре: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): кажипрст који показује нагоре: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kažiprst koji pokazuje nagore: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): kažiprst koji pokazuje nagore: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၸီႉၶိုၼ်ႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): آڱر مٿي طرف اشارو ڪندي: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): ඉහළට යොමු වූ දබරැඟිල්ල: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): ukazovák nahor: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): kazalec, ki kaže gor: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): farta muujinta tilmaamaysa kor: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): kidole cha shahada kinachoelekeza juu: ngozi nyeupe
- Tajik (tg): ангушти ишорат ба боло ишора карда истода: ранги равшани пӯст
- Tamil (ta): மேல் நோக்கி காட்டும் விரல்: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): చూపుడు వేలు పైకి చూపుట: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ጠቋሚ ናብ ላዕሊ ዝሕብር፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tuhu tonu ki ʻolunga: kili hinehina
- Tswana (tn): monwana o o supang o supile sodimo: letlalo le lesweu
- Turkmen (tk): ýokaryny görkezýän süýem barmak: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): pokazowak, kiž pokazuje horje, wotprědka: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): اوپر اشارہ کرتی شہادت کی انگلی: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئۈستىنى كۆرسەتكەن كۆرسەتكۈچ بارماق: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): ko‘rsatkich barmoq tepada: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): mynegfys yn pwyntio i fyny: arlliw croen golau
- Wolof (wo): baaraamu joxoñ buy joxoñ ci kaw: xeesaayu der bu woyof
- Xhosa (xh): isalathiso esalatha phezulu: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
- Yoruba (yo): ìka kékeré tí ń tọ́ka sókè: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ìka kékeré tí ń tɔ́ka sókè: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): umunwe wokukhomba okhombe phezulu: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+261D U+1F3FB` |
| HTML | `☝🏻` |
| CSS | `\261D\1F3FB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{261D}\u{1F3FB}` |
| Python | `\u261D\U0001F3FB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 98 9D F0 9F 8F BB` |
| UTF-16 | `261D D83C DFFB` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%98%9D%F0%9F%8F%BB` |

## Questions

### What does ☝🏻 mean?

A hand with a single index finger pointing straight up. 'Number one', 'attention' and 'listen up' are its meanings, and it is used to stress a point or add a know-it-all tone. It can also refer to what was just said above. ☝🏻 shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between ☝🏻 and ☝️?

☝🏻 is the ☝️ index pointing up emoji with light skin tone. It's ☝️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+261D U+1F3FB.

### How do I type ☝🏻?

Find ☝️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “index pointing up”, then press and hold it and choose light 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+261D U+1F3FB. 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/index-pointing-up-light-skin-tone-emoji