Where it comes from
☞ is the pointing-hand symbol used as both hands, ﾟ are wide eyes, and ヮ (a small katakana wa) is an open, grinning mouth. The mirror version ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜) points the other way.
When to use it
Use it to hype a friend, agree enthusiastically, or add a cheesy wink to a joke. It is goofy on purpose, so it can seem unserious in work threads.
Examples
- Pizza at 7? (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
- You nailed that presentation (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
Variants to copy
What it is made of
Every character in the face with its Unicode code point — handy if one shows up as a box on a friend's phone.
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U+0028left parenthesis☞
U+261Ewhite right pointing indexﾟ
U+FF9Fhalfwidth katakana semi-voiced sound markヮ
U+30EEkatakana letter small wa)
U+0029right parenthesis