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Vulcan salute: medium skin tone

Vulcan salute: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A raised hand with the palm facing forward, showing a V-shaped split between the middle and ring fingers, rendered with a medium skin tone. This gesture mimics the hand shape popularized by the Star Trek franchise as a greeting.

Usage Context

Used to signal friendship, a greeting, or to show appreciation for science fiction culture. It is frequently sent alongside other space or tech-themed emojis like 🚀 or 👽 to express enthusiasm for the genre.

History

The gesture was invented by Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock in the original Star Trek series, drawing inspiration from a traditional Jewish blessing. It was added to the Unicode standard in 2015 after intense fan requests to provide a way to express the iconic 'live long and prosper' sentiment in digital messages.

Details

Glyph
🖖🏽
Unicode
U+1F596 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f596_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-open
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Tags
fingerhandhandssalutevulcanstar trekspocklive long and prospergreetingscifigesture

Google Noto License

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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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