🫹 is the Unicode emoji LEFTWARDS THUMB SIGN, code point U+1FAF9 (decimal 129785) in the Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A block, added in Unicode 18.0. In HTML write 🫹, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 9F AB B9.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1FAF9 |
| Decimal | 129785 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F AB B9 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D83E DEF9 |
| UTF-32 | 0001FAF9 |
| HTML decimal | 🫹 |
| HTML hex | 🫹 |
| CSS | \1FAF9 |
| JavaScript | \u{1FAF9} or \uD83E\uDEF9 |
| JSON | \uD83E\uDEF9 |
| Python | \U0001FAF9 |
| Python by name | \N{LEFTWARDS THUMB SIGN} |
| Java, C# | \uD83E\uDEF9 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1FAF9} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001FAF9 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9F%AB%B9 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character takes two code units (a surrogate pair) and "🫹".length is 2. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | LEFTWARDS THUMB SIGN |
| Emoji name | leftwards thumb sign |
| Code point | U+1FAF9 (decimal 129785) |
| Block | Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A (U+1FA70–U+1FAFF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 18.0 |
Nearby in Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A
- 🫱 U+1FAF1 Rightwards hand
- 🫲 U+1FAF2 Leftwards hand
- 🫳 U+1FAF3 Palm down hand
- 🫴 U+1FAF4 Palm up hand
- 🫵 U+1FAF5 Index pointing at the viewer
- 🫶 U+1FAF6 Heart hands
- 🫷 U+1FAF7 Leftwards pushing hand
- 🫸 U+1FAF8 Rightwards pushing hand
- 🫺 U+1FAFA Rightwards thumb sign
All 128 characters: Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for 🫹?
- Use 🫹 (decimal) or 🫹 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1FAF9?
- F0 9F AB B9 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9F%AB%B9.
- How do I write U+1FAF9 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1FAF9} or \uD83E\uDEF9. Python: \U0001FAF9.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3) and the Unicode emoji test data; HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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