The sign of the horns is your go-to digital salute for rock concerts, hype moments, and anything that deserves a loud “rock on.” It’s a hand with the index and pinky up, middle and ring curled, broadcasting rebel energy, pump-up vibes, and a little chaotic good. People drop it in texts to celebrate wins, announce concert plans, or ironically overhype something mundane like finally emptying the email inbox. It’s also a rallying cry for Texas Longhorns fans (“Hook ’em!”), and in metal lore it was popularized by Ronnie James Dio—who linked it to an Italian gesture for warding off the evil eye. Heads up: in parts of Europe and Latin America, this hand sign can be an insult implying infidelity, so context matters.
On Apple/iOS, it appears as a bright yellow, 3/4-angled hand with smooth gradients, index and pinky raised, middle and ring tucked, clean edges, and zero accessories—just that unmistakable horn silhouette; skin-tone options are available. It often rides alongside fire, guitar, skull, or lightning emojis to scream “LET’S GOOOO” without typing a single word. Comment sections love debating its cousin, the “I love you” sign—thumb out vs thumb tucked is the eternal emoji trivia night. It can be playful, flirty-bad-influence, or gloriously sarcastic, like when someone microwaves leftovers with Michelin-star precision. Whether you’re hyping a mosh pit, a gym PR, or a spreadsheet that finally balanced, this emoji throws devilishly good approval.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 350 of 2393 |
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| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Emoji Code Version | iOS 9 - Current |
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| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🤘 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🤘 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🤘 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🤘 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f918 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F918 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129304 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA4 0x98 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A4 98 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 244 230 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD18 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd18 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56600 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F918 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F918 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129304 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F918" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa4\x98" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD18" |
