Keyword
left emoji
19 emoji are annotated with “left” in Unicode’s CLDR data.
- left speech bubbleleft speech bubble
- leftwards handleftwards hand
- leftwards hand: light skin toneleftwards hand: light skin tone
- leftwards hand: medium-light skin toneleftwards hand: medium-light skin tone
- leftwards hand: medium skin toneleftwards hand: medium skin tone
- leftwards hand: medium-dark skin toneleftwards hand: medium-dark skin tone
- leftwards hand: dark skin toneleftwards hand: dark skin tone
- backhand index pointing leftbackhand index pointing left
- backhand index pointing left: light skin tonebackhand index pointing left: light skin tone
- backhand index pointing left: medium-light skin tonebackhand index pointing left: medium-light skin tone
- backhand index pointing left: medium skin tonebackhand index pointing left: medium skin tone
- backhand index pointing left: medium-dark skin tonebackhand index pointing left: medium-dark skin tone
- backhand index pointing left: dark skin tonebackhand index pointing left: dark skin tone
- magnifying glass tilted leftmagnifying glass tilted left
- left luggageleft luggage
- left arrowleft arrow
- right arrow curving leftright arrow curving left
- left arrow curving rightleft arrow curving right
- reverse buttonreverse button
Frequently asked questions
- How many emoji mean left?
- 19 emoji are annotated with “left”.
- Which categories does left span?
- Emoji annotated “left” appear in Smileys & Emotion, People & Body, Objects and Symbols. A keyword is the only grouping here that crosses categories — the Unicode taxonomy files each character in exactly one.
- Which emoji are tagged left?
- They include 🗨️ left speech bubble, 🫲 leftwards hand, 🫲🏻 leftwards hand: light skin tone and 🫲🏼 leftwards hand: medium-light skin tone. The full set is listed above.
- Where do these keywords come from?
- Unicode’s CLDR annotation data, which is the same source that lets an emoji keyboard find a character by name. They are not tags anyone here invented.