U+1FBC3 "🯃" Right Third White Right Pointing Index Unicode Character

U+1FBC3 "🯃" Right Third White Right Pointing Index is a relatively obscure symbol from the Symbols for Legacy Computing supplement block, designed for compatibility with vintage computer systems and terminal interfaces. It depicts a rightward-pointing hand shape with a white interior and a filled outline, specifically representing only the right third of a full index finger icon. This character was primarily intended for use in bitmap-based user interfaces of the 1970s and 1980s, where it could serve as a cursor, selection pointer, or directional indicator in text-mode graphics. Despite its specific technical origins, it has found niche modern applications in digital art, retro computing emulation, and specialized typographic or symbolic notation systems that require precise, fragmented directional glyphs.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1FBC3
Version Added	13.0
Name	Right Third White Right Pointing Index
Block	Symbols for Legacy Computing
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 0xAF 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDFC3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001FBC3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udfc3

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	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other