Q: How do I write 🖗 in HTML?

As a numeric character reference 🖗 (decimal) or 🖗 (hexadecimal). In UTF-8 documents you can also insert the character directly.

Question 1

What is the character U+1F597?

Accepted Answer

U+1F597 🖗 is officially named WHITE DOWN POINTING LEFT HAND INDEX. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block and the category Other symbol.

Question 2

How do I type 🖗?

Accepted Answer

Windows (Word, WordPad): type 1F597, then press Alt+X. Linux (GTK/IBus): Ctrl+Shift+U 1f597, then Space. macOS: enable the “Unicode Hex Input” keyboard, hold Option and type 1F597. Or simply copy it from this page.

Question 3

How do I write 🖗 in HTML?

Accepted Answer

As a numeric character reference &#128407; (decimal) or &#x1F597; (hexadecimal). In UTF-8 documents you can also insert the character directly.

Question 4

How is 🖗 encoded in UTF-8?

Accepted Answer

In UTF-8 the character takes 4 bytes: F0 9F 96 97. In UTF-16: D83D DD97.

Name	WHITE DOWN POINTING LEFT HAND INDEX
Code point	`U+1F597`
Decimal	`128407`
Block	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Category	Other symbol (So)
UTF-8	`F0 9F 96 97`
UTF-16	`D83D DD97`
UTF-32	`0001F597`
HTML	`🖗` `🖗`
CSS	`\1F597`
JavaScript	`\uD83D\uDD97`
Python	`\U0001f597`
URL-encoded	`%F0%9F%96%97`

U+1F597 WHITE DOWN POINTING LEFT HAND INDEX

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