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Leftwards Thumb Emoji

Gestures & BodyU+1FAF9:leftwards_thumb:
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About Leftwards Thumb ๐Ÿซน

Leftwards Thumb () is part of the Gestures & Body group in Unicode. Added in Unicode E18.0. Type on GitHub and Slack to use it. Click copy above to grab it, paste it anywhere.

Works in iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, Instagram, Twitter, Gmail, and every app that supports Unicode.

Often associated with thumb, left, leftwards, and 3 more keywords.

Scroll down for the full story: meaning, trends, combos, and more.

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How it looks

What does it mean?

๐Ÿซน Leftwards Thumb Sign is a closed fist with the thumb pointing sideways to the left. Read as the spiritual sibling of ๐Ÿ‘ Thumbs Up and ๐Ÿ‘Ž Thumbs Down, but oriented horizontally rather than vertically. The draft proposal frames it with its partner ๐Ÿซบ Rightwards Thumb as a dedicated gesture for "pointing," "swiping that way," or "sending it that direction."

In practice, expect ๐Ÿซน to fill a gap that ๐Ÿ‘ˆ Backhand Index Pointing Left has always handled awkwardly. A thumb reads as active consent ("yes, that way") while the index finger reads as instruction ("look at that"). The thumb variant is warmer, more gestural, and lands better in reply contexts. On iOS and Android's gesture-heavy UIs, "swipe left" becomes an actual visual shortcut.

Pointing left in conversation"Swipe left" / reject signalsDirections and wayfindingThumbs-based approval, sidewaysReaction to something on the left

Thumbs, four directions

If ๐Ÿซน and ๐Ÿซบ ship in Emoji 18.0, the thumb-gesture emoji set will finally cover all four directions.
๐Ÿ‘Up (2010)
Approval, agreement, like.
๐Ÿ‘ŽDown (2010)
Disapproval, disagreement, dislike.
๐ŸซนLeft (2026?)
Sideways direction or swipe-left gesture.
๐ŸซบRight (2026?)
Sideways direction or swipe-right gesture.

Emoji combos

Origin story

Proposed to Unicode in 2025 (L2/25-252) as part of a directional gesture pair with ๐Ÿซบ Rightwards Thumb. The proposal's core argument: modern phones turned swipe-left and swipe-right into universal UI gestures (Tinder, Gmail, every list-based app), and existing emoji only covers up/down approval. Adding horizontal thumbs gives the emoji set a full four-way gesture grid.

Often confused with

๐Ÿ‘ˆ Backhand Index Pointing Left

๐Ÿ‘ˆ points with the index finger (instruction). ๐Ÿซน points with the thumb (consent/agreement). Different social registers.

๐Ÿ‘ Thumbs Up

๐Ÿ‘ is vertical approval. ๐Ÿซน is horizontal directional approval.

Why add ๐Ÿซน when ๐Ÿ‘ˆ already exists?

๐Ÿ‘ˆ Backhand Index Pointing Left reads as "look at that" (pedagogical). ๐Ÿซน Leftwards Thumb reads as "yes, that direction" (consent or agreement with a direction). Different tone, different use cases. The proposal specifically targets swipe-left UI gestures and directional consent, which ๐Ÿ‘ˆ doesn't fit cleanly.

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