The "👆🏼" or "White Up Pointing Backhand Index, Type-3" emote is a hand gesture depicting an upward-pointing index finger with a light skin tone. The raised finger can indicate direction, emphasis, or agreement, among other things. The skin tone modifier changes the color of the hand to match a range of skin tones. The "👆🏼" emote is commonly used in online communication, particularly in messaging and social media platforms.