20 symbols
Hand & Pointer Symbols
Pointing hands, manicules and hand gestures from Miscellaneous Symbols, Dingbats and the emoji blocks. The classic printer's fist ☞ has been used to point at important text since the Middle Ages; modern emoji hands add colour and skin-tone support.
All hands & pointers symbols
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What hand & pointer symbols are used for
- Drawing attention to a line or link (☞ Read more)
- Directional cues in tutorials and slides
- Likes, approvals and reactions (👍 👎 👏)
- Signature and writing labels (✍)
- Peace, prayer and greeting gestures
Hand & Pointer Symbols: Unicode, hex, octal & HTML codes
| Symbol | Name | Unicode | Hex | Octal | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointing left | U+261A | 0x261A | 0o23032 | ☚ | |
| Pointing right | U+261B | 0x261B | 0o23033 | ☛ | |
| White pointing left | U+261C | 0x261C | 0o23034 | ☜ | |
| Pointing up | U+261D | 0x261D | 0o23035 | ☝ | |
| White pointing right | U+261E | 0x261E | 0o23036 | ☞ | |
| Pointing down | U+261F | 0x261F | 0o23037 | ☟ | |
| Victory hand | U+270C | 0x270C | 0o23414 | ✌ | |
| Writing hand | U+270D | 0x270D | 0o23415 | ✍ | |
| Raised hand | U+270B | 0x270B | 0o23413 | ✋ | |
| Raised fist | U+270A | 0x270A | 0o23412 | ✊ | |
| Black rightwards arrowhead | U+27A4 | 0x27A4 | 0o23644 | ➤ | |
| Three-D top-lighted arrowhead | U+27A2 | 0x27A2 | 0o23642 | ➢ | |
| Heavy right angle quote | U+276F | 0x276F | 0o23557 | ❯ | |
| Heavy left angle quote | U+276E | 0x276E | 0o23556 | ❮ | |
| Right double angle | U+00BB | 0x00BB | 0o273 | » | |
| Left double angle | U+00AB | 0x00AB | 0o253 | « | |
| Single right angle | U+203A | 0x203A | 0o20072 | › | |
| Single left angle | U+2039 | 0x2039 | 0o20071 | ‹ | |
| Right triangle | U+25B6 | 0x25B6 | 0o22666 | ▶ | |
| Left triangle | U+25C0 | 0x25C0 | 0o22700 | ◀ |
Frequently asked questions
How do I copy hand & pointer symbols?
Click any symbol on this page to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it anywhere: documents, email, social media, code or chat. Every character here is standard Unicode, so it works across Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux.
How many hand & pointer symbols are on this page?
This collection contains 20 characters. Each one links to a detail page with its Unicode code point, decimal, hexadecimal and octal values, HTML entity, CSS escape, and JavaScript, Python and Java escape sequences.