Victory hand: light skin tone Emoji

People

A hand held in a V-shape with the index and middle fingers extended, shown in a light skin tone. It features a neutral palm-forward orientation, clearly displaying the iconic V sign.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent peace, a victory celebration, or simply as a casual way to say goodbye. It is frequently sent alongside 👋 or 🎉 to convey excitement or a friendly parting gesture. In many online communities, it acts as a quick shorthand for 'peace out' or 'mission accomplished.'

History

The V sign originated as a morale-boosting campaign during WWII before being adopted by the 1960s counterculture as a non-verbal protest for peace. It was integrated into the emoji standard to translate this global gesture into digital messaging, eventually gaining skin tone modifiers in Unicode 8.0 in 2015 to allow for more inclusive representation.

Details

Glyph

✌🏻

Unicode

U+270C U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u270c_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

✌&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-partial

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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