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+1F598?

Accepted Answer

U+1F598 🖘 is officially named SIDEWAYS WHITE LEFT POINTING 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 1F598, then press Alt+X. Linux (GTK/IBus): Ctrl+Shift+U 1f598, then Space. macOS: enable the “Unicode Hex Input” keyboard, hold Option and type 1F598. Or simply copy it from this page.

Question 3

How do I write 🖘 in HTML?

Accepted Answer

As a numeric character reference &#128408; (decimal) or &#x1F598; (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 98. In UTF-16: D83D DD98.

Name	SIDEWAYS WHITE LEFT POINTING INDEX
Code point	`U+1F598`
Decimal	`128408`
Block	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Category	Other symbol (So)
UTF-8	`F0 9F 96 98`
UTF-16	`D83D DD98`
UTF-32	`0001F598`
HTML	`🖘` `🖘`
CSS	`\1F598`
JavaScript	`\uD83D\uDD98`
Python	`\U0001f598`
URL-encoded	`%F0%9F%96%98`

U+1F598 SIDEWAYS WHITE LEFT POINTING INDEX

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