# 👈🏻 Backhand index pointing left emoji: light skin tone

👈🏻 is the backhand index pointing left 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 left: light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F448 U+1F3FB
- Category: People & body, Pointing fingers
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [👈 Backhand index pointing left](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A hand with the index finger pointing left, seen from the back of the hand. It directs attention to something on the left or to the item before it, like a previous message. Lists, captions and jokes use it as an arrow.

## Other skin tones

- 👈 [Backhand index pointing left](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-emoji.md)
- 👈🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F448 U+1F3FC
- 👈🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F448 U+1F3FD
- 👈🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F448 U+1F3FE
- 👈🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F448 U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

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

1. 👈 [Backhand index pointing left](https://emojichart.com/backhand-index-pointing-left-emoji.md) (U+1F448)
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 left”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “backhand index pointing left”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “backhand index pointing left”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “backhand index pointing left”, 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 a la izquierda: tono de piel claro | dedo, dorso de mano con índice a la izquierda, índice, izquierda, mano, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | main avec index pointant à gauche : peau claire | doigt, gauche, index, index pointé vers la gauche, main, main avec index pointant à gauche, peau claire |
| Deutsch (de) | nach links weisender Zeigefinger: helle Hautfarbe | Finger, Handrückseite, helle Hautfarbe, links, weisen, Zeigefinger, zeigen |
| Italiano (it) | indice verso sinistra: carnagione chiara | carnagione chiara, direzione, dito, dito verso sinistra, indicare, indice, indice verso sinistra, là, mano, sinistra |
| Português (pt) | dorso da mão com indicador apontando para a esquerda: pele clara | costas, dedo, dorso, esquerda, indicador, mão, pele clara |
| Nederlands (nl) | achterkant van hand met naar links wijzende wijsvinger: lichte huidskleur | achterkant, hand, lichte huidskleur, links, vinger, wijs, wijsvinger, wijzen |
| Svenska (sv) | vänsterpekande finger: ljus hy | ljus hy, peka åt vänster, pekfinger, vänsterpekande finger |
| Polski (pl) | dłoń z palcem wskazującym w lewo: karnacja jasna | dłoń z palcem wskazującym w lewo, karnacja jasna, lewa strona, palec, palec w lewo, ręka, tam, w lewo, wskazujący |
| Türkçe (tr) | elinin tersiyle solu gösteren işaret parmağı: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, el, elin arkası, elinin tersiyle solu gösteren işaret parmağı, işaret parmağı, parmak, solu gösteren parmak |
| Русский (ru) | указывающий налево палец: очень светлый тон кожи | влево, жест, налево, направление, очень светлый тон кожи, палец, рука, тыльная, указательный, указывать, указывающий |
| Українська (uk) | палець тильним боком, що вказує вліво: світлий тон шкіри | вліво, палець, показувати, рука, світлий тон шкіри, тильний бік, що вказує |
| Ελληνικά (el) | δείκτης χεριού προς τα αριστερά: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, δάχτυλο, δείκτης, δείκτης χεριού προς τα αριστερά, δείχνω, σώμα, χέρι, χτύπημα |
| العربية (ar) | إصبع لليسار: بشرة بلون فاتح | إشارة, إصبع, إصبع لليسار, السبابة, بشرة بلون فاتح, تأشير, يد, يسار |
| עברית (he) | גב יד מצביעה שמאלה: גוון עור בהיר | אצבע, גוון עור בהיר, יד, להצביע, מצביעה, צד שמאל, שמאלה |
| فارسی (fa) | اشاره به چپ: پوست سفید | اشاره, اشاره به چپ, انگشت, بدن, پشت دست, پوست سفید, دست |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बाईं ओर इशारा करती तर्जनी: गोरी त्वचा | अंगुलि, उंगली, गोरी त्वचा, तर्जनी अंगुलि, पीछे का हाथ, बाईं ओर इशारा करती तर्जनी, बाएं अंगुलि, बाएं इशारा करती ऊंगली, बाएँ ओर इशारा करती ऊँगली, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | বামে ইশারা করা উল্টো হাতের তর্জনী: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | আঙ্গুল, বামে ইশারা করা উল্টো হাতের তর্জনী, ব্যাকহ্যান্ড, শরীর, সূচক, হাত, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | menunjuk ke arah kiri: warna kulit cerah | badan, jari, kiri, menunjuk ke arah kiri, organ, tangan, telunjuk, tubuh, tunjuk, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ngón trỏ trái chỉ sang trái: màu da sáng | chỉ, màu da sáng, mu bàn tay, ngón tay, ngón trỏ, ngón trỏ trái chỉ sang trái, tay |
| ไทย (th) | นิ้วชี้ทางซ้าย: โทนผิวสีขาว | ชี้, ซ้าย, ท่าทาง, ทิศ, โทนผิวสีขาว, นิ้ว, หลังมือ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 左指差し: 薄い肌色 | 左, 左指差し, 手, 指, 指差し, 薄い肌色 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 왼쪽을 가리키는 손등: 하얀 피부 | 검지손가락, 색인, 손, 손가락, 손가락 왼쪽으로, 손가락으로 왼쪽 가리키기, 왼쪽, 왼쪽을 가리키는 검지손가락, 왼쪽을 가리키는 손등, 인덱스, 하얀 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 反手食指向左指: 较浅肤色 | 反手, 反手食指向左指, 向左指, 手, 指左, 较浅肤色, 食指 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 左：白皮膚 | 反手, 左, 手, 手指向左, 指, 白皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): wysvingerrughand wat links wys: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): nsaakyi indɛse a ɛkyerɛ benkum so: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): gishti tregues që tregon majtas: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): የግራ አይበሉባ እጅ የተቀሰረ አመልካች ጣት: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): դեպի ձախ ուղղված ցուցամատ․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): বাওঁহাতৰ তৰ্জনী আঙুলি বাওঁফালে নিৰ্দেশ কৰা: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): solu göstərən sol əlin işarə barmağı: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һулға күрһәтеүсе ҡул арты: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): ezkerrera seinalatzen ari den hatz erakuslea: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): рука з указальным пальцам улева: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): pokazivanje kažiprstom ulijevo: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): показалец, сочещ наляво: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ဘယ်သို့ ညွှန်ပြနေသည့် လက်ပြန် အညွှန်း − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): main avec index pointant à gauche : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 反手指向左邊: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 反手指向左边: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): dit índex que apunta cap a l’esquerra: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎣᏂᏗᏜᎪᏯᏗ ᎠᏍᏓᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᏎᎯ ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): сулахаялла кӑтартакан пӳрне: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): kažiprst koji pokazuje ulijevo: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): ruka s prstem ukazujícím vlevo: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): peger mod venstre: lys teint
- Estonian (et): vasakule osutav sõrm: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): costas da mão com dedo indicador a apontar para a esquerda: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): fremstifingur peikar til vinstru: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): backhand ng hintuturo na nakaturo sa kaliwa: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kämmenselkä ja etusormi vasemmalle: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): índice apuntando á esquerda: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): ხელის ზურგიდან მარხცნივ გაშვერილი საჩვენებელი თითი: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): ડાબી બાજુ ચીંધતી આંગળી: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): ɗan ali na baya mai nunawa hagu: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): left mein point karti index finger: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): kéz balra mutató ujjal: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): fingur bendir til vinstri: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): àzụaka na-arụ aka akaèkpè: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): cúl corrmhéire ag díriú ar chlé: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): geger tangan nuding ngiwa: kulit putih
- Kabyle (kab): afus s udebbuz yerran s azelmaḍ: taglimt taceɛlalt
- Kannada (kn): ಹಿಮ್ಮುಖ ಸೂಚ್ಯಂಕ ಎಡಕ್ಕೆ ಸೂಚಿಸುತ್ತದೆ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): сол жаққа саусақпен қолды сыртқа қаратып көрсету: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سول جاققا ساۋساقپەن قولدى سىرتقا قاراتىپ كورسەتۋ: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ចង្អុលទៅឆ្វេង: សម្បុរស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): urutoki rutunze ibumoso: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
- Konkani (kok): तर्जनी दाव्यान दाखोवपी हाताची फाट: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): сол тарапты көрсөткөн сөөмөй: акжуумал
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): k’utwiq’ab’ Kuk’ut pa Moxq’ab’: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ນິ້ວຊີ້ໄປຊ້າຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): pa kreisi vērsts rādītājpirksts: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): dorso da man ch’a mostra a-a manciña: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): į kairę pirštu rodanti ranka: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): nalěwo pokazujucy drugi palc: swětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): no lénks weisende Fanger vun hanne gesinn: hell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): показалец свртен налево: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): jari telunjuk tunjuk kiri: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): ഇടത്തേക്ക് ചൂണ്ടുന്ന ചൂണ്ടുവിരൽ: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): indiċi b’lura iipponta lejn ix-xellug: ton ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मुठ्ठीच्या मागील बाजूने तर्जनी डावीकडे दर्शविणे: उजळ त्वचा
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): mano apuntando índice a la izquierda: tono de piel claro
- Mongolian (mn): зүүн зүг зааж байгаа: цайвар
- Māori (mi): kōroa tāmuri tohu mauī: kiri āhua māmā
- Nepali (ne): बायाँतिर देखाइरहेको उल्टो हातको चोर औंला: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bakhánd Niá-Tọ́mb-Fínga De Pọínt Lẹft: Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): letsogo la ka morago le šupile ka go le letshadi: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
- Norwegian (no): peker mot venstre – bakhånd: hudtype 1–2
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): peikar mot venstre – bakhand: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ବାମକୁ ସୂଚାଉଥିବା ବାମ ତର୍ଜନୀର ପଛ ପଟ: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dugda harkaa bitatti akeeku: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): د لاس شا له اړخه د اشاره ګوته چپ لور ته اشاره کوي: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਖੱਬੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰਦੀ ਉਂਗਲ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ دے مخالف پاسیوں شہادت دی انگلی نال اوتے کھبے اشارہ کردیاں ہوئیاں: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tʼupsi rukʼanawan lluqʼiman chimpuy: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): dos de mână cu arătătorul spre stânga: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): dies dal maun cun det che mussa a sanestra: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): druim na làimhe, colgag a’ tomhadh clì: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): кажипрст који показује улево: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): кажипрст који показује улијево: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kažiprst koji pokazuje ulevo: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): kažiprst koji pokazuje ulijevo: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): လင်မိုဝ်းၸီႉသၢႆႉ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): کاٻي هٿ جي آڱر کاٻي طرف اشارو ڪندي: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): වමට යොමු වූ අත පිටුපස දබරැඟිල්ල: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): ukazovák doľava: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): hrbtna stran dlani s kazalcem, ki kaže levo: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): Gacan tilmaamaysa bidix: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): kidole cha shahada kinachoelekeza kushoto: ngozi nyeupe
- Tajik (tg): ангушти ишорат ба тарафи чап ишора карда истода: ранги равшани пӯст
- Tamil (ta): இடது நோக்கி காட்டும் விரல்: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): ఎడమ చూపుడు వేలు: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ናብ ጸጋም ዝሕብር መመልከቲ ናይ ድሕሪት ኢድ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tuhu tuʻanima tonu ki hema: kili hinehina
- Tswana (tn): lemorago la monwana o o supang o supile molemeng: letlalo le lesweu
- Turkmen (tk): çepi görkezýän el-arkasy süýem barmak: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): pokazowak, kiž pokazuje dolěwa: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): بائیں اشارہ کرتی بیک ہینڈ شہادت کی انگلی: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئارقىچە سولنى كۆرسەتكەن كۆرسەتكۈچ بارماق: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): ko‘rsatkich barmoq chapga: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): mynegfys yr wrthlaw yn pwyntio i’r chwith: arlliw croen golau
- Wolof (wo): ginaaw loxo buy joxoñ càmmoñ: xeesaayu der bu woyof
- Xhosa (xh): isalathiso somva wesandla esalatha ekhohlo: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹyin Ọwọ Ti O Tọka Si Apa Osi: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛyin Ɔwɔ Ti O Tɔka Si Apa Osi: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): ukukhomba ngengemuva lesandla sokunxele ngomunwe wokukhomba: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F448 U+1F3FB` |
| HTML | `👈🏻` |
| CSS | `\1F448\1F3FB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F448}\u{1F3FB}` |
| Python | `\U0001F448\U0001F3FB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 88 F0 9F 8F BB` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC48 D83C DFFB` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%88%F0%9F%8F%BB` |

## Questions

### What does 👈🏻 mean?

A hand with the index finger pointing left, seen from the back of the hand. It directs attention to something on the left or to the item before it, like a previous message. Lists, captions and jokes use it as an arrow. 👈🏻 shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

👈🏻 is the 👈 backhand index pointing left emoji with light skin tone. It's 👈 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F448 U+1F3FB.

### How do I type 👈🏻?

Find 👈 in your emoji keyboard by searching “backhand index pointing left”, 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+1F448 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-left-light-skin-tone-emoji