Developers and content creators sometimes need the fingers crossed emoji 🤞 in a specific technical format rather than as a plain character. Here is the complete reference.
Unicode Code Point
The fingers crossed emoji is officially registered as U+1F91E under the Unicode Standard, part of the Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block, introduced in Unicode 9.0.
HTML Entities
- Decimal: 🤞
- Hexadecimal: 🤞
Both render identically in any modern browser and are useful when the raw emoji character can't be typed directly into a codebase or CMS.
Shortcode
Most chat platforms that support shortcode-based emoji entry (like Slack) recognize :fingers_crossed: as the trigger for 🤞.
CSS Usage
In CSS generated content, the emoji can be inserted using its escaped Unicode value:
content: "\1F91E";
JavaScript Usage
In JavaScript strings, the emoji can be represented using a surrogate pair escape: "\uD83E\uDD1E", or simply pasted directly as a UTF-8 character in modern editors.
Quick Reference Table
| Format | Value |
|---|---|
| Emoji | 🤞 |
| Unicode | U+1F91E |
| HTML Decimal | 🤞 |
| HTML Hex | 🤞 |
| Shortcode | :fingers_crossed: |