vulcan salute

Emoji 1

vulcan salute

Also known as Vulcan, finger, hand, hands, salute

A hand with the palm forward and fingers separated between the middle and ring fingers, forming a V-shaped salute.

Meaning

The vulcan salute emoji represents the hand gesture from Star Trek, commonly used as a greeting meaning 'live long and prosper.' It is popular among fans of the franchise and is also used to express peace, friendship, or a playful sci-fi attitude. The gesture involves raising the palm outward with the middle and ring fingers split apart.

Unicode name

The Unicode character U+1F596 is named 'Vulcan Salute' and depicts the hand gesture from the television series Star Trek.

Platform designs

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System
vulcan salute · Noto
Noto
vulcan salute · Twemoji
Twemoji
vulcan salute · OpenMoji
OpenMoji
Apple

In Apple design, the emoji shows a realistic hand with light skin tone, palm facing forward, fingers separated into a V shape, and subtle shading.

Google

In Google Noto design, the emoji has a flat, cartoonish yellow hand with the palm facing out and fingers clearly split in the vulcan salute.

Twitter

In Twitter Twemoji design, the emoji features a yellow-tan hand with fingers separated into a V, palm facing forward, and a simple, clean style.

Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Skin Tones

Frequently Asked Questions

Which category does 🖖 vulcan salute belong to?
🖖 vulcan salute belongs to the people & body category, which contains 390 emojis.
Which Unicode version added 🖖 vulcan salute?
🖖 vulcan salute was added in Emoji 1. Its codepoint is U+1F596, made up of 1 code points.
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