Sign of the horns: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A hand making the classic heavy metal rock-on gesture with the index and pinky fingers extended while the middle and ring fingers are tucked into the palm, rendered in a medium-light skin tone.

Usage Context

This gesture is the universal shorthand for rock music, headbanging, and intense live concert energy. It is frequently used to show excitement, express approval for a guitar solo, or signal that someone is ready to party. It is often paired with the 🎸 or 🔥 emojis to emphasize a high-energy vibe.

History

While the gesture has long been used in various cultures as a ward against bad luck, it was popularized in global pop culture during the 1970s and 80s by heavy metal vocalists like Ronnie James Dio. It was added to the Unicode standard in 2015 to represent the pervasive influence of metal culture in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🤘🏼

Unicode

U+1F918 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f918_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD18;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-partial

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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