Category: People & Body

🖖vulcan salute

🖖 vulcan salute belongs to People & Body. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.

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Meaning

A hand gesture with fingers split between the middle and ring finger, often used as a Vulcan greeting.

Aliases

:vulcan_salute:

Keywords

fingerhandhandssalutevulcanvulcan salute

What does 🖖 vulcan salute mean?

The Vulcan salute emoji depicts a raised hand with a gap between the middle and ring fingers. It originates from the Star Trek franchise, where it accompanies the phrase 'live long and prosper.' Depending on context, it can be used as a general greeting, a sign-off, or to express a nerdy or sci-fi sentiment.

Often used for

Greeting or saying goodbye to friends
Expressing a wish for someone's well-being
Referencing Star Trek or general nerd culture
Joking about being unable to do the gesture easily

Tone: It generally carries a friendly, lighthearted, or nerdy tone. Some people use it simply as a unique alternative to a standard waving hand emoji.

Illustrative message examples with 🖖

These examples are illustrative, not observed messages.

live long and prosper my friend 🖖
see you at the convention tomorrow 🖖
good luck on your exams! 🖖
i've been practicing this emoji irl and my hand hurts 🖖
safe travels 🖖

How 🖖 vulcan salute looks

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🖖 vulcan salute codes for developers

Every format below produces 🖖 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.

Emoji	`🖖`
Unicode codepoints	`U+1F596`
HTML (decimal)	`🖖`
HTML (hex)	`🖖`
CSS	`\1F596`
JavaScript	`\u{1F596}`
JSON	`\uD83D\uDD96`
URL encoded	`%F0%9F%96%96`
Shortcode (GitHub)	`:vulcan_salute:`