Vulcan salute: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-toned human hand with the palm facing forward, fingers parted between the middle and ring finger to form a V shape. This gesture is an iconic greeting originating from science fiction culture.

Usage Context

Used to signal the phrase 'Live long and prosper,' this gesture serves as a geeky shorthand for expressing goodwill or geek-culture camaraderie. It is often used in digital conversations alongside 🖖 to show identity, or paired with 👽 when discussing space, sci-fi media, or alien-themed topics.

History

The hand shape was popularized by actor Leonard Nimoy for his role as Spock in the 1960s television series Star Trek. Nimoy adapted the gesture from a traditional Jewish blessing. The emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 to allow for diverse skin tone modifiers, acknowledging the global fanbase of the franchise.

Details

Glyph

🖖🏿

Unicode

U+1F596 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f596_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD96;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-open

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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