U+1FAF1 "🫱" Rightwards Hand Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

🫱

U+1FAF1 "🫱" Rightwards Hand is a graphic symbol representing a human hand with the palm facing forward and fingers extended, pointing or gesturing to the right, and was added to the Unicode Standard in 2021 as part of the Symbols and Pictographs Extended A block under the Emoji 14.0 release. This character belongs to the category of hand gesture emojis and is often used in digital communication to indicate direction, offer an item, or emphasize a point toward the right side of a text or interface. Its design typically shows a hand with a skin tone that can be modified using emoji sequence modifiers, allowing for greater inclusivity in representation across different cultures. Common contexts for its usage include navigation instructions, teaching or presentation slides, and casual messaging to draw attention to a specific element or to signify a positive gesture like giving or passing something to someone.

General Properties

Code Point U+1FAF1
Version Added 14.0
Name Rightwards Hand
Block Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A
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 0xAB 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83E 0xDEF1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001FAF1
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83e\udef1

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 Emoji Base
East Asian Width Wide
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
Emoji Yes
Emoji Presentation Yes
Emoji Modifier Base Yes
Extended Pictographic Yes