Vulcan salute emoji ๐
Emoji 1.0 (2015) ยท U+1F596
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Vulcan salute ๐ is tagged with these keywords: finger, hand, hands, salute, Vulcan.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing finger or hand in the emoji search brings up ๐.
Vulcan salute ๐ is one of 11 emoji in the open hands subgroup of people & body (390 emoji), next to ๐ซฑ ๐ซฒ ๐ซณ ๐ซด.
๐ comes in 5 skin tones, from ๐๐ป to ๐๐ฟ, plus the default yellow. Tap a tone above to copy it.
Will ๐ show on my friend's phone?
๐ arrived with Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Practically every phone and computer in use today shows it.
How to type ๐
Any emoji picker finds ๐ when you search for vulcan salute.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type vulcan salute.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type vulcan salute in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type vulcan salute.
Codes for developers
Vulcan salute ๐ is a single code point, U+1F596. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F596 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🖖 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🖖 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F596"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F596} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%96%96 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 96 96 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | vulcan salute |
| Portuguรชs | saudaรงรฃo vulcana |
| Espaรฑol | saludo vulcano |
| Italiano | saluto vulcaniano |
| Franรงais | salut vulcain |
| Deutsch | vulkanischer Gruร |
| Tรผrkรงe | Vulkan selamฤฑ |
| Bahasa Indonesia | salam vulcan |
| Polski | salut wolkaลski |
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ะฒัะปะบะฐะฝัะบะธะน ัะฐะปัั |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ใใซใซใณใฎๆจๆถ |
| ํ๊ตญ์ด | ๋ฒ์นธ์ ์ธ์ฌ |
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What does the vulcan salute emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐ "vulcan salute" and links it with finger, hand, hands, salute. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the open hands subgroup of people & body.
When was the vulcan salute emoji added?
In Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. Every current phone and computer has it.
Can I change the skin tone of ๐?
Yes. ๐ has these skin tones: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.