emoji 🖖 vulcan salute svg

🖖” meaning: vulcan salute, spock Emoji

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  • 8.3+

    iOS 🖖Minimum display requirements

  • 6.0.1+

    Android 🖖Minimum display requirements

  • 10+

    Windows 🖖Minimum display requirements

🖖Meaning and Description

The "Vulcan Salute" emoji (🖖) is a visual representation of a hand gesture with the palm facing forward, fingers split between the middle and ring fingers, forming a "V" shape. This gesture is popularly known as the Vulcan salute from the science fiction television series Star Trek. This emoji is available in a variety of skin-tone colors to accommodate user preferences, and the overall appearance is consistent across platforms, with minor variations in hand shape and shading.

The meaning of this emoji is deeply rooted in the Star Trek universe, where the Vulcan salute is used as a greeting by the character Spock, portrayed by Leonard Nimoy. The gesture is often accompanied by the phrase "Live long and prosper." The gesture was inspired by a Jewish blessing that Nimoy observed as a child🔍.

In digital communication, this emoji is used to express goodwill, well-wishing, and positive vibes, as well as to reference the Star Trek franchise itself. Or... Simply to add a playful tone to their messages😉. In everyday conversation and on social media like Twitter, this emoji has various usages, including wishing someone well (e.g., "Good luck on your exam 🖖"), expressing positive emotion (e.g., "Feeling awesome today 🖖"), or referencing Star Trek (e.g., "Can't wait for the new Star Trek series 🖖").
💡Extended reading and popular science

The meaning of emoji symbol 🖖 is vulcan salute, it is related to finger, hand, spock, vulcan, it can be found in emoji category: "👌 People & Body" - "🖐 Open Hand".

🖖 is an Emoji modifier base, it can be used as a single Emoji, and can also be combined with the skin tone Emoji modifier to form a new Emoji. There are 5 types of Emoji modifiers, namely: 🏻, 🏼, 🏽, 🏾, 🏿. 🖖 is combined with these skin tone Emoji modifiers to form new Emoji modifier sequences. The following are examples of the combination:

🖖Examples and Usage

🔸 Live long and prosper 🖖!

🖖Basic Information

Emoji: 🖖
Shortname: vulcan salute
Apple Name: hand with fingers split between middle and ring fingers
Known as: Spock | Star Trek | Vulcan Salute
Codepoint: U+1F596 Copy
Decimal: ALT+128406
Unicode Version: 7.0 (2014-06-16)
Emoji Version: 1.0 (2015-06-09)
Categories: 👌 People & Body
Sub Categories: 🖐 Open Hand
Keywords: finger | hand | spock | vulcan | vulcan salute
Proposal: L2/12‑275

👨‍💻Unicode Information (Advanced Usage)

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🖖Popularity rating over time

🖖 Trend Chart (U+1F596) - emojiall.com 100 75 50 25 0 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 🖖 www.emojiall.comemojiall.com
Date Range: 2019-02-24 - 2024-02-11
Update Time: 2024-02-20 18:05:40 UTC
🖖and in the last five years, the popularity of this emoji has undergone several large changes.In 2020 and 2021, the trend of its popularity converge.

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