Backhand index pointing down emoji meaning

The backhand index pointing down emoji is a hand gesture emoji that depicts a hand with the index finger pointing downward. It can be used to indicate a direction, to point at something, or to indicate a downward or negative trend. Some people may also use this emoji to indicate a lack of enthusiasm or approval, or to represent the act of pointing out or calling attention to something.

The backhand index pointing down emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026L2/07257