The "👈🏼" emote, also known as the "White Left Pointing Backhand Index, Type-3" emote, is a Unicode character depicting a hand pointing to the left with a light skin tone. It is commonly used in digital communication to indicate direction or to draw attention to something on the left side of the screen. The "Type-3" variation of this emote specifically refers to the skin tone modifier used to depict a light skin tone.