# 👇 Backhand index pointing down emoji

👇 Backhand index pointing down is an emoji in the pointing fingers set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: finger, hand and point.

- Emoji: 👇
- Unicode name: backhand index pointing down
- Code points: U+1F447
- Category: People & body, Pointing fingers
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :point_down:
- Keywords: backhand, down, finger, hand, index, point, pointing
- Page: https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-down-emoji

## What it means

A hand with the index finger pointing down, seen from the back of the hand. It directs attention to what is below, such as a link, post or comment. Expect it with 'see below', calls to action like 'click here', and 'look down'.

## Skin tones

- 👇🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-down-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F447 U+1F3FB
- 👇🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-down-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F447 U+1F3FC
- 👇🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-down-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F447 U+1F3FD
- 👇🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-down-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F447 U+1F3FE
- 👇🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-down-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F447 U+1F3FF

## How to type 👇

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “backhand index pointing down”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “backhand index pointing down”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “backhand index pointing down”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “backhand index pointing down”.
- GitHub: Type :point_down: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | dorso de mano con índice hacia abajo | abajo, apuntar, dedo, dorso de mano con índice hacia abajo, mano |
| Français (fr) | main avec index pointant vers le bas | bas, doigt, index, index vers le bas, main, main avec index pointant vers le bas, montrer |
| Deutsch (de) | nach unten weisender Zeigefinger | abwärts, Finger, Handrücken, Handrückseite, hinab, hinunter, runter, unten, weisen, Zeigefinger, zeigen |
| Italiano (it) | indice abbassato | dito, dito abbassato, dito in giù, dito indice, indicare, indice abbassato, indice in giù, mano, qui, sotto |
| Português (pt) | dorso da mão com indicador apontando para baixo | abaixo, costas da mão, dedo, dedo apontado para baixo, dedo indicador, dedo para baixo, dorso da mão com dedo indicador apontando para baixo, embaixo |
| Nederlands (nl) | achterkant van hand met omlaag wijzende wijsvinger | achterkant, hand, omlaag, vinger, wijs, wijsvinger, wijzen |
| Svenska (sv) | nedåtpekande finger | finger, nedåtpekande finger, peka nedåt, pekfinger |
| Polski (pl) | dłoń z palcem wskazującym w dół | dłoń z palcem wskazującym w dół, dół, na dół, palec, palec w dół, ręka, w dół, wskazujący |
| Türkçe (tr) | elinin tersiyle aşağıyı gösteren işaret parmağı | aşağıyı gösteren parmak, el, elin arkası, elinin tersiyle aşağıyı gösteren işaret parmağı, işaret parmağı, parmak |
| Русский (ru) | указывающий вниз палец | вниз, жест, направление, ниже, палец, рука, тыльная, указательный, указывать, указывающий |
| Українська (uk) | палець тильним боком, що вказує вниз | вказівний, дивись нижче, палець, палець тильним боком, палець тильним боком, що вказує вниз, рука, тильний, указувати, униз, що вказує вниз |
| Ελληνικά (el) | δείκτης χεριού προς τα κάτω ανάποδα | δάχτυλο, δείκτης, δείκτης χεριού προς τα κάτω ανάποδα, δείχνω, κάτω, σώμα, χέρι, χτύπημα |
| العربية (ar) | إصبع لأسفل | أدنى, أسفل, إشارة, إصبع, إصبع لأسفل, السبابة, تحت, يد |
| עברית (he) | גב יד מצביעה למטה | אצבע, יד, כאן, להצביע, למטה, מצביעה |
| فارسی (fa) | اشاره به پایین | اشاره, اشاره به پایین, انگشت, بدن, پایین, پشت دست, دست |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पीछे का हाथ और नीचे इशारा करती तर्जनी | अंगुलि, अंगुलि नीचे, उंगली, तर्जनी अंगुलि, नीचे इशारा करती ऊंगली, पीछे का हाथ, पीछे का हाथ और नीचे इशारा करती तर्जनी, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | আঙুল দিয়ে নীচের দিকে ইশারা করা | আঙুল দিয়ে নীচের দিকে ইশারা করা, আঙ্গুল, নিচের দিকে, নিচের দিকে দেখানো, পয়েন্ট, ব্যাকহ্যান্ড, হাত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | menunjuk ke bawah | arah, badan, bawah, di sini, jari, menunjuk ke bawah, sini, tangan, tengah, tubuh, tunjuk, tunjuk ke bawah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ngón trỏ trái chỉ xuống | mu bàn tay, ngón tay, ngón trỏ, ngón trỏ trái chỉ xuống, tay, trỏ |
| ไทย (th) | นิ้วชี้ลง | ชี้, ใต้, นิ้ว, ลง, ล่าง, หลังมือ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 下指差し | 下, 下指差し, 手, 指, 指差し |
| 한국어 (ko) | 아래쪽을 가리키는 손등 | 검지손가락, 색인, 손가락 아래로, 손가락으로 아래를 가리키기, 아래, 아래를 가리키는 검지손가락, 아래쪽, 아래쪽을 가리키는 검지손가락, 아래쪽을 가리키는 손등 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 反手食指向下指 | 反手, 反手食指向下指, 向下指, 手, 指下, 食指 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 下 | 下, 手, 手指, 指, 指頭向下, 食指向下 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): wysvingerrughand wat af wys
- Akan (ak): nsaakyi indɛse rekyerɛ fam
- Albanian (sq): gisht tregues i drejtuar poshtë
- Amharic (am): ወደ ታች የተቀሰረ አይበሉባ በኩል አመልካች ጣት
- Armenian (hy): դեպի վար ուղղված ցուցամատ
- Assamese (as): বাওঁহাতৰ তৰ্জনী তলফালে নিৰ্দেশ কৰা
- Azerbaijani (az): aşağını göstərən sol əlin işarə barmağı
- Bashkir (ba): аҫҡа күрһәтеүсе ҡул арты
- Basque (eu): behera seinalatzen ari den hatza
- Belarusian (be): рука з указальным пальцам уніз
- Bosnian (bs): kažiprst dolje
- Breton (br): dorn gant biz o vukañ dʼan traoñ
- Bulgarian (bg): показалец, сочещ надолу
- Burmese (my): အောက်သို့ ညွှန်ပြနေသည့် လက်ပြန် အညွှန်း
- Cantonese (yue): 反手指向下邊
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 反手指向下边
- Catalan (ca): dit índex que apunta cap avall
- Cherokee (chr): ᎣᏂᏗᏜᎪᏯᏗ ᎠᏍᏓᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏩᏎᎯᎲᎢ ᎡᎳᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): пӳрнене аялалла кӑтарт
- Croatian (hr): kažiprst koji pokazuje prema dolje
- Czech (cs): ruka s prstem ukazujícím dolů
- Danish (da): peger nedad
- Estonian (et): alla osutav sõrm
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): costas da mão com dedo indicador a apontar para baixo
- Faroese (fo): longutong peikar niðureftir
- Filipino (fil): backhand ng hintuturo na nakaturo sa ibaba
- Finnish (fi): kämmenselkä ja etusormi alas
- Galician (gl): dedo apuntando cara abaixo
- Georgian (ka): ხელის ზურგიდან ქვემოთ დაშვერილი საჩვენებელი თითი
- Gujarati (gu): હાથની પાછલી બાજુએથી નીચે ચીંધતી તર્જની
- Hausa (ha): ɗan ali na baya mai nunawa ƙasa
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): neeche ishaara karti index finger
- Hungarian (hu): tenyér lefelé mutató ujjal
- Icelandic (is): fingur bendir niður
- Igbo (ig): àzụaka na-arụ aka n’ala
- Irish (ga): cúl corrmhéire ag díriú síos
- Javanese (jv): geger tangan nuding ngisor
- Kalaallisut (kl): ned
- Kannada (kn): ಹಿಂಬದಿ ಕೈ ಕೆಳಕ್ಕೆ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು
- Kazakh (kk): төмен саусақпен қолды сыртқа қаратып көрсету
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تومەن ساۋساقپەن قولدى سىرتقا قاراتىپ كورسەتۋ
- Khmer (km): ចង្អុលទៅក្រោម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): urutoki rutunze hasi
- Konkani (kok): तर्जनी सकयले वटेन दाखोवपी हाताची फाट
- Kyrgyz (ky): төмөн жакты көрсөткөн сөөмөй
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): k’utwiq’ab’ Kuk’ut chi Uxe’
- Lao (lo): ຫຼັງມືນີ້ວຊີ້ລົງ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): dorso de mano con dedo índice hacia abajo
- Latvian (lv): lejup vērsts rādītājpirksts
- Lithuanian (lt): delnu nusukta žemyn pirštu rodanti ranka
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): dołoj pokazujucy drugi palc
- Luxembourgish (lb): no ënne weisende Fanger vun hanne gesinn
- Macedonian (mk): показалец свртен надолу
- Malay (ms): jari telunjuk belakang tangan tuding ke bawah
- Malayalam (ml): താഴേക്ക് ചൂണ്ടുന്ന ചൂണ്ടുവിരൽ
- Maltese (mt): indiċi b’lura li jipponta ’l isfel
- Marathi (mr): मुठ्ठीच्या मागील बाजूने तर्जनी खाली दर्शविणे
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): mano con dedo índice hacia abajo
- Mongolian (mn): доошоо зааж буй алганы ард тал
- Māori (mi): kōroa tāmuri tohu iho
- Nepali (ne): तलतिर देखाइरहेको उल्टो हातको चोर औंला
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bakhánd Niá-Tọ́mb-Fínga De Pọínt Daun
- Northern Sotho (nso): letsogo la ka morago le šupile tlase
- Norwegian (no): peker ned – bakhånd
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): peikar ned – bakhand
- Odia (or): ତଳକୁ ସୂଚାଉଥିବା ହାତର ପଛପଟ ତର୍ଜନୀ ଆଙ୍ଗୁଠି
- Oromo (om): dugda harkaa asii gadi akeeku
- Pashto (ps): د لاس شا له اړخه د اشاره ګوته ښکته لور ته اشاره کوي
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੱਥ ਦਾ ਪਿਛਲਾ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਅਤੇ ਥੱਲੇ ਵੱਲ ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰਦੀ ਉਂਗਲੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ دے مخالف پاسیوں انگشت شہادت نال ہیٹھاں اشارہ کردیاں ہوئیاں
- Quechua (qu): tʼupsi rukʼanawan uranman chimpuy
- Romanian (ro): dos de mână cu arătătorul în jos
- Romansh (rm): dies dal maun cun det mussader vers engiu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): druim na làimhe, colgag a’ tomhadh sìos
- Serbian (sr): кажипрст који показује надоле отпозади
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): кажипрст који показује надоље отпозади
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kažiprst koji pokazuje nadole otpozadi
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): kažiprst koji pokazuje nadolje otpozadi
- Shan (shn): လင်မိုဝ်းၸီႉလူင်း
- Sindhi (sd): کاٻي هٿ جي آڱر هيٺ اشارو ڪندي
- Sinhala (si): පහළට යොමු වූ අත පිටුපස දබරැඟිල්ල
- Slovak (sk): ukazovák spakruky nadol
- Slovenian (sl): hrbtna stran dlani s kazalcem, ki kaže dol
- Somali (so): gacan tilmaamaysa hoos
- Swahili (sw): kidole cha kwanza kinachoelekeza chini kwa nyuma
- Tajik (tg): ангушти ишорат ба поён ишора карда истода
- Tamil (ta): கீழ் நோக்கி காட்டும் விரலின் பின்பக்கம்
- Telugu (te): చూపుడు వేలు కిందికి చూపుట
- Tigrinya (ti): ንድሕሪት ዝጥምት ጠቋሚ
- Tongan (to): tuhu tuʻanima tonu ki lalo
- Tswana (tn): lemorago la monwana o o supang o supile tlase
- Turkmen (tk): aşagy görkezýän el-arkasy süýem barmak
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): pokazowak, kiž pokazuje dele
- Urdu (ur): نیچے اشارہ کرتی بیک ہینڈ شہادت کی انگلی
- Uyghur (ug): ئارقىچە ئاستىنى كۆرسەتكەن كۆرسەتكۈچ بارماق
- Uzbek (uz): ko‘rsatkich barmoq pastga
- Welsh (cy): mynegfys yr wrthlaw yn pwyntio i lawr
- Wolof (wo): ginaaw loxo buy joxoñ ci suuf
- Xhosa (xh): isalathiso somva wesandla esalatha ezantsi
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹyin Ọwọ Ti O Tọka Si Isalẹ
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛyin Ɔwɔ Ti O Tɔka Si Isalɛ
- Zulu (zu): ukukhomba phansi ngengemuva lesandla ngomunwe wokukhomba

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F447` |
| HTML | `👇` |
| CSS | `\1F447` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F447}` |
| Python | `\U0001F447` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 87` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC47` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%87` |

## Questions

### What does the 👇 backhand index pointing down emoji mean?

A hand with the index finger pointing down, seen from the back of the hand. It directs attention to what is below, such as a link, post or comment. Expect it with 'see below', calls to action like 'click here', and 'look down'.

### How do I type the 👇 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “backhand index pointing down”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :point_down:.

### When was the 👇 emoji added?

👇 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 👇?

U+1F447. In HTML you can write 👇, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F447}.

### Does 👇 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 👇🏻 light, 👇🏼 medium-light, 👇🏽 medium, 👇🏾 medium-dark and 👇🏿 dark.

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