U+1F58E
Left Writing Hand
About
Left Writing Hand, a single Unicode character. Part of the Historic & Non-Standard group, symbol subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 0.0.
Platform renderings
2 platforms shown using your device's own emoji font. Their artwork is proprietary and this site does not redistribute it.
Timeline
2015 โ 2026Showing 27 of 27 events through 2026
- 2015First render

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- 2016First render

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- 2016Redesign

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- 2016Redesign

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- 2016Redesign

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- 2017Redesign

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- 2017Redesign

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- 2017Redesign

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- 2018Redesign

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- 2018Redesign

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- 2018Redesign

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- 2019Redesign

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- 2019Redesign

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2021Redesign

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- 2021Redesign

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- 2021Redesign

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- 2022Redesign

Samsung One UI 4.0 January 2022
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- 2022Redesign

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- 2023Redesign

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- 2024Redesign

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- 2024Redesign

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- 2025Redesign

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- 2025Redesign

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- 2026Redesign

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Encodings
- UTF-8
F0 9F 96 8E- UTF-8 escaped
\xF0\x9F\x96\x8E- UTF-16
D83D DD8E- UTF-32
0001F58E- HTML decimal
🖎- HTML hex
🖎- CSS
\01F58E- JavaScript
\u{1F58E}- JS surrogateFor pre-ES2015 targets
\uD83D\uDD8E- Python
\U0001F58E- URL encoded
%F0%9F%96%8E- Base64
8J+Wjg==
Related
Frequently asked questions
- What does ๐ mean?
- Left Writing Hand, a single Unicode character. Part of the Historic & Non-Standard group, symbol subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 0.0.
- What is the Unicode code point for ๐?
- Left Writing Hand is encoded as the single code point U+1F58E.
- When was ๐ added to Unicode?
- ๐ was approved as part of Emoji 0.0 and released in 2014, under Unicode 7.0.
- Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
- Every platform draws its own artwork for the same code point, so ๐ changes depending on where you see it. This page compares 28 renderings, including Samsung, LG and Generated.
- Does ๐ come in different skin tones?
- Yes. ๐ has 5 skin tone variants, each formed by adding a skin tone modifier to the base character.
- What category is ๐ in?
- ๐ belongs to Unicode's Historic & Non-Standard group, in the symbol subgroup.