U+1F59B "🖛" Sideways Black Right Pointing Index Unicode Character

U+1F59B "🖛" Sideways Black Right Pointing Index is a symbol from the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, depicting a stylized right-pointing hand with a solid black silhouette, oriented horizontally as if pointing to the side. It is often used in digital contexts as a directional indicator, a cursor replacement, or a visual cue to direct attention to specific content, similar to an arrow but with a human touch. This character is part of a set of pointing hand symbols that provide clear, nonverbal guidance in user interfaces or text, though its appearance can vary significantly across different platforms and fonts. Its inclusion in Unicode supports consistent representation across devices and applications for pointing or referencing purposes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F59B
Version Added	7.0
Name	Sideways Black 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 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDD9B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F59B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udd9b

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