Vulcan salute: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A raised hand with the palm facing forward, fingers parted between the middle and ring finger to form a V shape. This version features a medium-dark skin tone, reflecting the hand gesture famously associated with the Star Trek franchise.

Usage Context

Used to bid farewell, offer a greeting of peace, or express affinity for science fiction culture. It is a staple of nerd culture and is frequently used alongside other space or tech-themed emojis like 🚀 or 👽 to signal a shared geeky interest.

History

The gesture was invented by Leonard Nimoy for his role as Spock in the 1960s TV series, inspired by a Jewish priestly blessing. It was formally added to the Unicode standard in 2014, and the skin tone modifiers were introduced shortly after in 2015 to allow for greater user representation.

Details

Glyph

🖖🏾

Unicode

U+1F596 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f596_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD96;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-open

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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