U+1FAF9 U+1F3FD "🏽" Leftwards Thumb Sign: Medium Skin Tone Emoji
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
The "U+1FAF9 U+1F3FD "🏽" Leftwards Thumb Sign: Medium Skin Tone" emoji is a Unicode RGI emoji modifier sequence that depicts a hand gesture pointing the thumb to the left, rendered with a medium skin tone. It belongs to the "Hand Fingers" subgroup within the "People & Body" category and was approved as part of Unicode 16.0 in 2024. This emoji commonly conveys directions such as "go left," a hitchhiking signal, or a casual sideways acknowledgment, and it may also express disapproval or a thumbs-down meaning when oriented that way. Its skin tone modifier allows for inclusive representation across different complexions, and it can be used in digital messages to indicate movement, rejection, or navigation cues.
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U+1FAF9 U+1F3FC
Leftwards Thumb Sign: Medium-Light Skin Tone
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U+1FAF9 U+1F3FE
Leftwards Thumb Sign: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Emoji Components
Related Emoji Sequences
U+1FAF9 U+1F3FB
🏻
Leftwards Thumb Sign: Light Skin Tone
U+1FAF9 U+1F3FC
🏼
Leftwards Thumb Sign: Medium-Light Skin Tone
U+1FAF9 U+1F3FE
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Leftwards Thumb Sign: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
U+1FAF9 U+1F3FF
🏿
Leftwards Thumb Sign: Dark Skin Tone
Emoji Properties
Emoji Name
Leftwards Thumb Sign: Medium Skin Tone
Emoji Sequence Type
RGI Emoji Modifier Sequence
Emoji Version
Emoji 18.0
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
🫹🏽
HTML Hex Encoding
🫹🏽
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9F 0xAB 0xB9 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD83E 0xDEF9 0xD83C 0xDFFD
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001FAF9 0x0001F3FD
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud83e\udef9\ud83c\udffd