U+1F5A2 "🖢" Black Up Pointing Backhand Index Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1F5A2 "🖢" Black Up Pointing Backhand Index is a typographic symbol from the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, depicting a stylized left hand with the palm facing forward and the index finger pointing upward, rendered in a solid black silhouette. It is part of a set of directional hand gesture icons that were included in Unicode 7.0 in 2014, with "backhand" indicating that the back of the hand is visible to the viewer rather than the palm. This character is distinct from other pointing hand emojis and is intended for use in digital text and documentation, though it is less commonly supported across modern platforms and often appears as a generic black shape rather than a detailed image. Its primary purpose is to serve as an orientation-specific directional symbol, typically meaning "up" or "attention" in graphical user interfaces or instructional contexts.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
🖢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
🖢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x9F 0x96 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD83D 0xDDA2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001F5A2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud83d\udda2 |
Unicode Properties