# 👇🏻 Backhand index pointing down emoji: light skin tone

👇🏻 is the backhand index pointing down emoji (👇) with light skin tone. It's 👇 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: 👇🏻
- Unicode name: backhand index pointing down: light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F447 U+1F3FB
- Category: People & body, Pointing fingers
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [👇 Backhand index pointing down](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-down-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-down-light-skin-tone-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'.

## Other skin tones

- 👇 [Backhand index pointing down](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-down-emoji.md)
- 👇🏼 [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

## What it's made of

👇🏻 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 👇 [Backhand index pointing down](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-down-emoji.md) (U+1F447)
2. 🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FB)

## How to type 👇🏻

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “backhand index pointing down”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “backhand index pointing down”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “backhand index pointing down”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “backhand index pointing down”, then pick light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | dorso de mano con índice hacia abajo: tono de piel claro | abajo, apuntar, dedo, dorso de mano con índice hacia abajo, mano, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | main avec index pointant vers le bas : peau claire | bas, doigt, index, index vers le bas, main, main avec index pointant vers le bas, montrer, peau claire |
| Deutsch (de) | nach unten weisender Zeigefinger: helle Hautfarbe | abwärts, Finger, Handrücken, Handrückseite, helle Hautfarbe, hinab, hinunter, runter, unten, weisen, Zeigefinger, zeigen |
| Italiano (it) | indice abbassato: carnagione chiara | carnagione chiara, 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: pele clara | abaixo, costas da mão, dedo, dedo apontado para baixo, dedo indicador, dedo para baixo, dorso da mão com dedo indicador apontando para baixo, embaixo, pele clara |
| Nederlands (nl) | achterkant van hand met omlaag wijzende wijsvinger: lichte huidskleur | achterkant, hand, lichte huidskleur, omlaag, vinger, wijs, wijsvinger, wijzen |
| Svenska (sv) | nedåtpekande finger: ljus hy | finger, ljus hy, nedåtpekande finger, peka nedåt, pekfinger |
| Polski (pl) | dłoń z palcem wskazującym w dół: karnacja jasna | dłoń z palcem wskazującym w dół, dół, karnacja jasna, na dół, palec, palec w dół, ręka, w dół, wskazujący |
| Türkçe (tr) | elinin tersiyle aşağıyı gösteren işaret parmağı: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, aşağıyı gösteren parmak, el, elin arkası, elinin tersiyle aşağıyı gösteren işaret parmağı, işaret parmağı, parmak |
| Русский (ru) | указывающий вниз палец: очень светлый тон кожи | вниз, жест, направление, ниже, очень светлый тон кожи, палец, рука, тыльная, указательный, указывать, указывающий |
| Українська (uk) | палець тильним боком, що вказує вниз: світлий тон шкіри | вказівний, дивись нижче, палець, палець тильним боком, палець тильним боком, що вказує вниз, рука, світлий тон шкіри, тильний, указувати, униз, що вказує вниз |
| Ελληνικά (el) | δείκτης χεριού προς τα κάτω ανάποδα: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, δάχτυλο, δείκτης, δείκτης χεριού προς τα κάτω ανάποδα, δείχνω, κάτω, σώμα, χέρι, χτύπημα |
| العربية (ar) | إصبع لأسفل: بشرة بلون فاتح | أدنى, أسفل, إشارة, إصبع, إصبع لأسفل, السبابة, بشرة بلون فاتح, تحت, يد |
| עברית (he) | גב יד מצביעה למטה: גוון עור בהיר | אצבע, גוון עור בהיר, יד, כאן, להצביע, למטה, מצביעה |
| فارسی (fa) | اشاره به پایین: پوست سفید | اشاره, اشاره به پایین, انگشت, بدن, پایین, پشت دست, پوست سفید, دست |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पीछे का हाथ और नीचे इशारा करती तर्जनी: गोरी त्वचा | अंगुलि, अंगुलि नीचे, उंगली, गोरी त्वचा, 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: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | আঙুল দিয়ে নীচের দিকে ইশারা করা, আঙ্গুল, নিচের দিকে, নিচের দিকে দেখানো, পয়েন্ট, ব্যাকহ্যান্ড, হাত, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | menunjuk ke bawah: warna kulit cerah | arah, badan, bawah, di sini, jari, menunjuk ke bawah, sini, tangan, tengah, tubuh, tunjuk, tunjuk ke bawah, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ngón trỏ trái chỉ xuống: màu da sáng | màu da sáng, mu bàn tay, ngón tay, ngón trỏ, ngón trỏ trái chỉ xuống, tay, trỏ |
| ไทย (th) | นิ้วชี้ลง: โทนผิวสีขาว | ชี้, ใต้, โทนผิวสีขาว, นิ้ว, ลง, ล่าง, หลังมือ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 下指差し: 薄い肌色 | 下, 下指差し, 手, 指, 指差し, 薄い肌色 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 아래쪽을 가리키는 손등: 하얀 피부 | 검지손가락, 색인, 손가락 아래로, 손가락으로 아래를 가리키기, 아래, 아래를 가리키는 검지손가락, 아래쪽, 아래쪽을 가리키는 검지손가락, 아래쪽을 가리키는 손등, 하얀 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 反手食指向下指: 较浅肤色 | 反手, 反手食指向下指, 向下指, 手, 指下, 较浅肤色, 食指 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 下：白皮膚 | 下, 手, 手指, 指, 指頭向下, 白皮膚, 食指向下 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): wysvingerrughand wat af wys: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): nsaakyi indɛse rekyerɛ fam: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): gisht tregues i drejtuar poshtë: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): ወደ ታች የተቀሰረ አይበሉባ በኩል አመልካች ጣት: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): դեպի վար ուղղված ցուցամատ․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): বাওঁহাতৰ তৰ্জনী তলফালে নিৰ্দেশ কৰা: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): aşağını göstərən sol əlin işarə barmağı: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): аҫҡа күрһәтеүсе ҡул арты: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): behera seinalatzen ari den hatza: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): рука з указальным пальцам уніз: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): kažiprst dolje: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): показалец, сочещ надолу: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): အောက်သို့ ညွှန်ပြနေသည့် လက်ပြန် အညွှန်း − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): main avec index pointant vers le bas : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 反手指向下邊: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 反手指向下边: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): dit índex que apunta cap avall: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎣᏂᏗᏜᎪᏯᏗ ᎠᏍᏓᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏩᏎᎯᎲᎢ ᎡᎳᏗ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): пӳрнене аялалла кӑтарт: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): kažiprst koji pokazuje prema dolje: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): ruka s prstem ukazujícím dolů: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): peger nedad: lys teint
- Estonian (et): alla osutav sõrm: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): costas da mão com dedo indicador a apontar para baixo: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): longutong peikar niðureftir: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): backhand ng hintuturo na nakaturo sa ibaba: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kämmenselkä ja etusormi alas: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): dedo apuntando cara abaixo: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): ხელის ზურგიდან ქვემოთ დაშვერილი საჩვენებელი თითი: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): હાથની પાછલી બાજુએથી નીચે ચીંધતી તર્જની: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): ɗan ali na baya mai nunawa ƙasa: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): neeche ishaara karti index finger: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): tenyér lefelé mutató ujjal: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): fingur bendir niður: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): àzụaka na-arụ aka n’ala: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): cúl corrmhéire ag díriú síos: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): geger tangan nuding ngisor: kulit putih
- Kabyle (kab): afus s udebbuz yerran d akesser: taglimt taceɛlalt
- Kannada (kn): ಹಿಂಬದಿ ಕೈ ಕೆಳಕ್ಕೆ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): төмен саусақпен қолды сыртқа қаратып көрсету: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تومەن ساۋساقپەن قولدى سىرتقا قاراتىپ كورسەتۋ: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ចង្អុលទៅក្រោម: សម្បុរស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): urutoki rutunze hasi: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
- Konkani (kok): तर्जनी सकयले वटेन दाखोवपी हाताची फाट: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): төмөн жакты көрсөткөн сөөмөй: акжуумал
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): k’utwiq’ab’ Kuk’ut chi Uxe’: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຫຼັງມືນີ້ວຊີ້ລົງ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): dorso de mano con dedo índice hacia abajo: tono de piel claro
- Latvian (lv): lejup vērsts rādītājpirksts: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): dorso da man ch’a mostra in zu: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): delnu nusukta žemyn pirštu rodanti ranka: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): dołoj pokazujucy drugi palc: swětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): no ënne weisende Fanger vun hanne gesinn: hell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): показалец свртен надолу: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): jari telunjuk belakang tangan tuding ke bawah: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): താഴേക്ക് ചൂണ്ടുന്ന ചൂണ്ടുവിരൽ: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): indiċi b’lura li jipponta ’l isfel: ton ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मुठ्ठीच्या मागील बाजूने तर्जनी खाली दर्शविणे: उजळ त्वचा
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): mano con dedo índice hacia abajo: tono de piel claro
- Mongolian (mn): доошоо зааж буй алганы ард тал: цайвар
- Māori (mi): kōroa tāmuri tohu iho: kiri āhua māmā
- Nepali (ne): तलतिर देखाइरहेको उल्टो हातको चोर औंला: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bakhánd Niá-Tọ́mb-Fínga De Pọínt Daun: Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): letsogo la ka morago le šupile tlase: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
- Norwegian (no): peker ned – bakhånd: hudtype 1–2
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): peikar ned – bakhand: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ତଳକୁ ସୂଚାଉଥିବା ହାତର ପଛପଟ ତର୍ଜନୀ ଆଙ୍ଗୁଠି: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dugda harkaa asii gadi akeeku: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): د لاس شا له اړخه د اشاره ګوته ښکته لور ته اشاره کوي: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੱਥ ਦਾ ਪਿਛਲਾ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਅਤੇ ਥੱਲੇ ਵੱਲ ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰਦੀ ਉਂਗਲੀ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ دے مخالف پاسیوں انگشت شہادت نال ہیٹھاں اشارہ کردیاں ہوئیاں: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tʼupsi rukʼanawan uranman chimpuy: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): dos de mână cu arătătorul în jos: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): dies dal maun cun det mussader vers engiu: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): druim na làimhe, colgag a’ tomhadh sìos: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): кажипрст који показује надоле отпозади: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): кажипрст који показује надоље отпозади: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kažiprst koji pokazuje nadole otpozadi: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): kažiprst koji pokazuje nadolje otpozadi: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): လင်မိုဝ်းၸီႉလူင်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): کاٻي هٿ جي آڱر هيٺ اشارو ڪندي: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): පහළට යොමු වූ අත පිටුපස දබරැඟිල්ල: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): ukazovák spakruky nadol: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): hrbtna stran dlani s kazalcem, ki kaže dol: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): gacan tilmaamaysa hoos: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): kidole cha kwanza kinachoelekeza chini kwa nyuma: ngozi nyeupe
- Tajik (tg): ангушти ишорат ба поён ишора карда истода: ранги равшани пӯст
- Tamil (ta): கீழ் நோக்கி காட்டும் விரலின் பின்பக்கம்: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): చూపుడు వేలు కిందికి చూపుట: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ንድሕሪት ዝጥምት ጠቋሚ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tuhu tuʻanima tonu ki lalo: kili hinehina
- Tswana (tn): lemorago la monwana o o supang o supile tlase: letlalo le lesweu
- Turkmen (tk): aşagy görkezýän el-arkasy süýem barmak: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): pokazowak, kiž pokazuje dele: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): نیچے اشارہ کرتی بیک ہینڈ شہادت کی انگلی: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئارقىچە ئاستىنى كۆرسەتكەن كۆرسەتكۈچ بارماق: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): ko‘rsatkich barmoq pastga: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): mynegfys yr wrthlaw yn pwyntio i lawr: arlliw croen golau
- Wolof (wo): ginaaw loxo buy joxoñ ci suuf: xeesaayu der bu woyof
- Xhosa (xh): isalathiso somva wesandla esalatha ezantsi: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹyin Ọwọ Ti O Tọka Si Isalẹ: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛyin Ɔwɔ Ti O Tɔka Si Isalɛ: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): ukukhomba phansi ngengemuva lesandla ngomunwe wokukhomba: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F447 U+1F3FB` |
| HTML | `👇🏻` |
| CSS | `\1F447\1F3FB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F447}\u{1F3FB}` |
| Python | `\U0001F447\U0001F3FB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 87 F0 9F 8F BB` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC47 D83C DFFB` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%87%F0%9F%8F%BB` |

## Questions

### What does 👇🏻 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'. 👇🏻 shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 👇🏻 and 👇?

👇🏻 is the 👇 backhand index pointing down emoji with light skin tone. It's 👇 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F447 U+1F3FB.

### How do I type 👇🏻?

Find 👇 in your emoji keyboard by searching “backhand index pointing down”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 👇🏻?

U+1F447 U+1F3FB. In HTML you can write 👇🏻

### When was 👇🏻 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-down-light-skin-tone-emoji