Vulcan salute Emoji

People

A raised hand with the palm facing forward, featuring the fingers split into a V-shape between the middle and ring finger. It recreates the iconic hand gesture used by the Vulcan species in science fiction media.

Usage Context

This gesture is widely used as a sign of greeting, farewell, or to signal peace and goodwill. It is often sent alongside the 🖖 or ✌️ to reference sci-fi pop culture, or simply to wish someone long life and prosperity. You will frequently see it paired with space-themed icons like 🚀 or 👽.

History

The gesture was popularized by Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock in the original Star Trek television series starting in the 1960s. Nimoy based the movement on a traditional Jewish priestly blessing he observed as a child. It was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2014.

Details

Glyph

🖖

Unicode

U+1F596

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f596:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD96;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-fingers-open

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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