U+1F58E "🖎" Left Writing Hand Unicode Character

U+1F58E "🖎" Left Writing Hand is a visual symbol representing a human left hand, depicted in a stylized, palm-facing forward posture with the index finger and thumb extended as if holding a writing instrument. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block and was added to the standard in 2014 as part of Unicode 7.0. This character is often used in digital contexts to denote left-handedness, the act of writing, or general hand gestures, though it may not be widely supported across all fonts or platforms. Its inclusion reflects Unicode's effort to represent diverse human experiences, including left-handed writing, which historically received less attention in symbolic communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F58E
Version Added	7.0
Name	Left Writing Hand
Block	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🖎
HTML Hex Encoding	🖎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0x96 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDD8E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F58E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udd8e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other