the finger

Summary

the finger is an obscene gesture^[1]. It draws 1,674 Wikipedia views per month (obscene_gesture category, ranking #1 of 6).^[2]

Key Facts

• the finger's image is recorded as The gesture02.jpg^[3].
• the finger's image is recorded as Bad fingers (17470741831).jpg^[4].
• the finger's instance of is recorded as obscene gesture^[5].
• the finger's instance of is recorded as hand gesture^[6].
• the finger's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2003003096^[7].
• the finger's Commons category is recorded as The finger (gesture)^[8].
• the finger's Unicode character is recorded as 🖕^[9].
• the finger's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019v17^[10].
• the finger's Commons gallery is recorded as Extended middle finger^[11].
• the finger's represents is recorded as contempt^[12].
• the finger's represents is recorded as penis^[13].
• the finger's uses is recorded as middle finger^[14].
• the finger's indigenous to is recorded as Western culture^[15].
• the finger's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/FlippingTheBird^[16].
• the finger's The First Amendment Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 1587^[17].
• the finger's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007542232805171^[18].
• the finger's IMDb keyword is recorded as obscene-finger-gesture^[19].
• the finger's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Doigt_d'honneur^[20].
• the finger's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/e5126f08-97c2-47d1-b8e1-3562a4ee0b47^[21].

Why It Matters

the finger draws 1,674 Wikipedia views per month (obscene_gesture category, ranking #1 of 6).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]