๐ Vulcan Salute
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Emoji Meaning
1
A raised yellow hand with a clear gap between the middle and ring fingers โ the Vulcan salute, commonly used as a friendly greeting.
2
An emoji of a hand making a distinctive greeting: the palm is raised up, with a gap between the middle and ring fingers. The shape resembles the English letter "W" or the logo of a well-known German automaker.
This gesture was popularized by the character Spock in Star Trek and quickly caught on with fans. People use this emoji to express greetings and to wish good luck.
Also Known As
- ๐ Spock
- ๐ Star Trek
- ๐ Vulcan Salute
Apple Name
- ๐ Hand with Fingers Split Between Middle and Ring Fingers
Unicode Name
- ๐ Raised Hand with Part Between Middle and Ring Fingers
How does this emoji look on different platforms?
๐ Emoji Codes
Codepoints
U+1F596
Shortcodes
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For developers
| URL escape code | %F0%9F%96%96 |
| Punycode | xn--dz8h |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 96 96 |
| JavaScript, JSON, Java | \uD83D\uDD96 |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001f596 |
| CSS | \01F596 |
| PHP, Ruby | \u{1F596} |
| Perl | \x{1F596} |
| HTML hex | 🖖 |
| HTML dec | 🖖 |
Tags: finger, hand, pock, vulcan, vulcan salute
Category: People & Body
Subgroup: Open hands & waving