U+1F59D "🖝" Black Right Pointing Backhand Index Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🖝
U+1F59D "🖝" Black Right Pointing Backhand Index is a graphic symbol included in the Dingbats block, representing a human hand with the palm facing forward and the index finger extended to the right, often used as a directional pointer or cursor in digital interfaces and text. It is part of a set of similar hand symbols that convey pointing gestures, and its design emphasizes a clear, unambiguous indication of direction for user interface elements, instructional graphics, or decorative typography. This character is typically rendered in black silhouette style, and it complements its white counterpart and other directional hand symbols within the Unicode standard.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F59D |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Black Right Pointing Backhand 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 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDD9D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F59D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\udd9d |
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 |