Leftwards thumb sign
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- Shortcode
:leftwards_thumb_sign:- Unicode
U+1FAF9- HTML
🫹- CSS
\1FAF9- JavaScript
"\u{1FAF9}"- URL
%F0%9F%AB%B9
What ๐ซน means
A fist with the thumb sticking out to the left. ๐ซน points at something to the side: "this one," "over there," or the thing in a nearby image.
It is too new for a settled slang meaning. As a hand gesture, a sideways thumb can also read as a neutral, so-so rating between ๐ and ๐, and the emoji may pick up that sense.
Older devices may show a blank box until they get support for it.
Facts
Leftwards thumb sign ๐ซน is an emoji in the people and body category, under hand fingers closed. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 18.0, released in 2026. It comes in five skin tones, from light to dark. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :leftwards_thumb_sign:. People also look for it with words like โgripโ, โleftโ, โneutralโ, or โpointโ.
Timeline
- 2026Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 18.0)
- 2026Arrived with five skin tones (Emoji 18.0)
Design history
Google (Noto)
2026
Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.