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The manicule, ☛, is a typographic mark with the appearance of a hand with its index finger extending in a pointing gesture. Originally used for handwritten marginal notes, it later came to be used in printed works to draw the reader's attention to important text.
The "index finger pointing up" sign. Pointing with index finger may be used to indicate an item or person. [8] A pointing index finger raised upwards is used in Islam as an affirming gesture of Tawhid [24] though it has been also used in more political contexts, particularly by groups more extremist in ideology such as ISIS. [25]
A simple smiley. This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons.Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art.
Unicode 16.0 specifies a total of 3,790 emoji using 1,431 characters spread across 24 blocks, of which 26 are Regional indicator symbols that combine in pairs to form flag emoji, and 12 (#, * and 0–9) are base characters for keycap emoji sequences. [1] [2] [3] 33 of the 192 code points in the Dingbats block are considered emoji
In the United States, the "beckoning finger" or the "beckoning palm" are the most common gestures implying beckoning. Both are accomplished by up-turning the palm, and extending and retracting either one or two fingers while keeping the rest clenched in a fist or by extending and retracting all of the fingers, all while keeping the palm upturned.
The finger gun gesture. The finger gun is a hand gesture in which a person will use their hand to mimic a handgun, raising their thumb above their fist to act as a hammer, and one or two fingers extended perpendicular to it acting as a barrel. The middle finger can also act as the trigger finger or part of the barrel itself. Also, an optional ...
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In Japan, pointing is done with the fingers together and the palm facing upwards. [28] [page needed] [29] [page needed] [30] [page needed] Those of Indian heritage may point using the chin, whole hand, or thumb. They may consider index finger pointing rude, but further distinguish a point using two fingers for use only at someone considered ...