☝️ Meaning – Index Pointing Up Emoji

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This emoji is part of the hand-gesture emoji group. It shows a hand with the index pointing up. This gesture has different meanings so the emoji can be found in different contexts. Index Pointing Up Emoji can indicate someone raising his/her hand to make a question or simply a hand indicating something on top, specially the profile picture o status that is found on text services.

The Index Pointing Up Emoji appeared in 1993, and also known as the Finger Pointing Up Emoji.

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Index Pointing Up Emoji details

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Uncode codepoint: U+261D U+FE0F
Unicode name: Index Pointing Up
Category: Smileys & People / Body
Keywords: finger, hand, index, point, up, body
Windows Alt-code: n/a
Decimal HTML Entity: ☝️
Hex HTML Entity: ☝️
UTF-16 hex: 0x261D 0xFE0F
Wikipedia: n/a
Version: Unicode 1.1
Year: 1993 (see all emoji of 1993)

☝️ emoji variants

Index Pointing Up: Light Skin Tone

Index Pointing Up: Medium-Light Skin Tone

Index Pointing Up: Medium Skin Tone

Index Pointing Up: Medium-Dark Skin Tone

Index Pointing Up: Dark Skin Tone

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Backhand Index Pointing Down

Backhand Index Pointing Up

Backhand Index Pointing Right

Backhand Index Pointing Left

🌐 Index Pointing Up Emoji translations

Language	CLDR Name	Keywords
Deutsch	nach oben weisender Zeigefinger von vorne	Finger, Hand, Handvorderseite, nach oben, Zeigefinger
Français	index pointant vers le haut	doigt, index, main
Русский	указательный палец вверх	вверх, направление, палец, рука, указательный
Español	dedo índice hacia arriba	apuntar, arriba, dedo, mano
Italiano	indice verso l’alto	dito, dito verso l’alto, indicare, tu
Português	indicador apontando para cima	dedo, dedo apontando para cima, indicador, mão
Polski	palec wskazujący w górę	do góry, góra, palec, w górę, wskazujący

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How to type Index Pointing Up Emoji

There are number of methods to type Index Pointing Up Emoji. Easiest way is to copy & paste, but other methods, like windows alt-codes and HTML-entities (for web sites) are also popular enough.

You may use this Copy and Paste Emoji List to copy/type emoji one-by-one or this Online Emoji Keyboard to write all your message at one time and copy it when finished.

Copy and paste ☝️ emoji

It's very easy to get Index Pointing Up Emoji both on computer and mobile without any emoji keyboard installed. All you need is to select, copy and paste this symbol: . Select this like a regular text, and copy to the clipboard. After doing that, switch to another website or application and paste emoji using context menu or keyboard. Hint: use Ctrl/Cmd+C keys to copy, and Ctrl/Cmd+V to paste emoji.

Even if emoji symbol or smiley looks like a black square or question mark, it most probably will be converted into appropriate image by web site or application where you paste it.

To avoid misunderstandings, first carefully read ☝️ meaning and look at ☝️ pictures before sending it to somebody: some emoji don't mean what you think they mean ;-)

☝️ emoji Alt-codes for Windows

It's easy to type emoji or any other Unicode character with code value up to U+0ffff by it's alt-code in MS Windows. Here are instructions.

Press and hold Alt key on keyboard.

Hit the Plus (+) button on numeric keypad.

Type the hexadecimal Unicode value digit-by-digit

Now release the Alt key and you'll see your character.

Note 1. This method works only for unicode codepoints U+0ffff and bellow.

Note 2. If this trick does not work, you should check some settings in your Windows Registry. If you don't know what the Registry is, please don't try this! Run regedit.exe and navigate to the HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method branch. Add EnableHexNumpad key with type of REG_SZ and set it to "1". You may need to log off and back on to enable this input type.