U+1F599 "🖙" Sideways White Right Pointing Index Unicode Character

U+1F599 "🖙" Sideways White Right Pointing Index is a graphical symbol within the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, depicting a stylized, open white hand with the index finger extended horizontally to the right. It is primarily used in digital contexts as a cursor, marker, or directional indicator to draw attention, point to adjacent text or elements, or suggest motion or selection. This character serves a similar function to other pointing hand emojis but is oriented sideways for specific layout or interface needs, often appearing in user interfaces, instructional graphics, or informal communication to guide the reader's eye.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F599
Version Added	7.0
Name	Sideways White Right Pointing Index
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 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDD99
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F599
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udd99

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