pointing hand
Finger showing way
A pointing hand is an image of a hand with index finger extended, used to direct attention.
The symbol appears in signage, printed materials, and digital interfaces.
In typography, a pointing hand (☞) is called a manicule or fist, once commonly drawn in margins to mark important passages.
Emoji versions (👆👇👈👉) indicate direction in casual digital communication.
- fingerHand's grasping extension
- index fingerSecond digit, first to point
- gestureCommunicative body movement
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- directionWay something faces
arrow · cursor · click · indicate · Uncle Sam · fist · thumb · aim · sign · sign language · beckon · jab · poke · you're it · target · show · guide · emoji
- hand drawingsketching, clenched fist, shading, shadows, highlights
- drawing termscontour drawing, foreshortening, shading, pencil sketch, life drawing
- typographic symbolsasterisk, ampersand, dagger, double dagger, pilcrow
pointing handdismissive wave
Gesture rejecting someone's presence
waving hand · open palm · shrug · wave · palm out
pointing handstop signal
Command to cease motion
come hither · shoo · brush off · hand wave
pointing handopen hand
Unclenched, spread fingers
open palm · cupped hand · relaxed hand · flat hand · jazz hands
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