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backhand index pointing up
The backhand index pointing up shows the back of a hand with the index finger pointing up. It directs attention upward — to something above, the message before, or an important point worth noticing.
It belongs to the people & body group among the pointing gestures, the counterpart to backhand index pointing down.
Reviewed by Chad Solomon · Updated 8 June 2026
- Character
- Codepoint
- U+1F446
- Version
- Emoji 0.6
- Year added
- 2010
- Category
- People & Body
- Tags
- backhandfingerhandindexpointpointingup
