What ๐ means
It means "that way" or "this one right here." Use it when pointing beats explaining: a photo caption, the message next to it, the exit sign. With nothing to point at, readers often take a bare ๐ as "that's me" or a poke for attention โ so if you mean actual left, name the landmark.
What does it mean when someone sends ๐?
They're feeling shy, nervous, or a bit flirty. Two index fingers tapping together is fidgeting, the body language of "wellโฆ maybe?" People send it with crushes, awkward asks and cute apologies. The pair was recorded online in 2011 and spread widely on Twitter and TikTok in 2020.
Is ๐ flirty by itself?
No โ the flirt lives in the pair. A lone ๐ is still a pointer, and plenty of people, older relatives especially, never picked up the shy reading at all. Let the surrounding words decide: no blush, no flirt.
Casual and friendly: a pointer or agreement stamp alone, bashful when paired with .
Sent alone with nothing to point at, it can leave people guessing.
Part of collections
What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readings"that's me" or a bid for attention, not a direction
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
4Worth knowing
- ๐ came to Unicode from the emoji sets of Japanese mobile carriers.
- Pointing hands predate phones by centuries: from the 12th century, scribes drew little hands called manicules in book margins to flag key passages, and printers and advertisers later kept the habit.
Questions people ask
2Is ๐ rude?
No. It's a plain pointing or attention gesture, nothing like the middle finger, and fine in casual or work chat.
Does ๐ point the other way in Arabic or Hebrew text?
No. Emoji aren't mirrored by text direction, so it points left in right-to-left paragraphs too; no major platform flips it as of 2026.
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๐Backhand Index Pointing Right6 forms
โฌ
๏ธLeft Arrow
๐Back Arrow
๐Backhand Index Pointing Up6 forms
๐ซตIndex Pointing At The Viewer6 forms
๐ฅบPleading Face
โ๏ธLeft-Right Arrow
โWhite Left Pointing Index
โBlack Left Pointing Index
โLeftwards Arrow
โ Leftwards Dashed Arrow
โฆLeftwards White Arrow
โฝLeftwards Open-Headed Arrow
โตLong Leftwards Arrow
๐Sideways White Left Pointing Index
๐Sideways White Right Pointing Index
๐Sideways Black Left Pointing Index
๐Sideways Black Right Pointing Index
๐Black Left Pointing Backhand Index
๐Black Right Pointing Backhand Index
๐ Leftwards Arrow With Small Triangle Arrowhead
๐ Leftwards Arrow With Medium Triangle Arrowhead
๐ Leftwards Arrow With Large Triangle Arrowhead
๐ Leftwards Arrow With Small Equilateral Arrowhead
๐ Leftwards Arrow With Equilateral Arrowhead
๐ Heavy Leftwards Arrow With Equilateral Arrowhead
๐ Heavy Leftwards Arrow With Large Equilateral Arrowhead
๐ Leftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow With Narrow Shaft
๐ คLeftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow With Medium Shaft
๐ จLeftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow With Bold Shaft
๐ ฌLeftwards Triangle-Headed Arrow With Heavy Shaft
๐ ดLeftwards Finger-Post Arrow
๐ ธLeftwards Squared Arrow
๐ ผLeftwards Compressed Arrow
๐กLeftwards Heavy Compressed Arrow
๐กLeftwards Heavy Arrow
๐กLeftwards Sans-Serif Arrow
๐กฐWide-Headed Leftwards Medium Barb Arrow
๐ขWide-Headed Leftwards Very Heavy Barb Arrow
๐ขLeftwards Arrow With Notched Tail
๐ข Leftwards Bottom-Shaded White Arrow
๐ขขLeftwards Top Shaded White Arrow
๐ขคLeftwards Left-Shaded White Arrow
๐ขฆLeftwards Right-Shaded White Arrow
๐ขจLeftwards Back-Tilted Shadowed White Arrow
๐Middle Finger6 forms
๐Backhand Index Pointing Down6 forms
โ๏ธIndex Pointing Up6 forms
๐Folded Hands6 forms
๐Ok Hand6 formsCollections with ๐
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How to type or find ๐
- Search it as
- point left ยท this ยท this one ยท look here ยท fingers touching ยท shy hands
- Type it as
- :point_left:
- Around since
- 2010 ยท Emoji 0.6
- Shows up on
- Every phone ยท iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux
:point_left:Common shortcode in Slack, GitHub, Discord, Mattermost and other chat apps; a few apps use a different name.👈Codes and encoding1 code points
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