Meaning
A left-facing hand, often used to point, indicate direction, or represent a handshake.
🫲 leftwards hand belongs to People & Body. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.
A left-facing hand, often used to point, indicate direction, or represent a handshake.
The leftwards hand emoji shows a hand pointing or reaching to the left. It is often used to direct attention toward something on the left side of a screen or message. Depending on context, it can also represent holding hands, reaching out, or the left side of a handshake when paired with the rightwards hand.
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| Emoji | 🫲 | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode codepoints | U+1FAF2 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🫲 | |
| HTML (hex) | 🫲 | |
| CSS | \1FAF2 | |
| JavaScript | \u{1FAF2} | |
| JSON | \uD83E\uDEF2 | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%AB%B2 | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :leftwards_hand: |
Source: Unicode CLDR
:rightwards_hand:
:leftwards_pushing_hand:
:palm_up_hand:
:rightwards_pushing_hand:
:pinched_fingers:
:point_left:
:handshake:
:palm_down_hand:
:vulcan_salute:
:hand: :raised_hand:
:raised_hand_with_fingers_splayed:
:ok_hand: