On Apple/iOS, the emoji appears as a bright yellow right hand, palm forward, with the middle and ring fingers split cleanly into a V and the thumb splayed, finished with soft gradients and a crisp silhouette—immediately the classic “Spock hand.”
In chats it ranges from sincere well‑wishing to a playful “LLAP,” and even a sarcastic “peace but smarter” after a mic‑drop. Meme‑wise, you’ll catch it under galaxy‑brain takes, cosplay selfies, Zoom farewells, and “no handshakes today” posts. It’s also endearingly awkward humor for anyone who can’t physically do the split even though their keyboard can. Bonus: it doubles as flirty nerd energy—“You had me at warp speed, 🖖.”
The Vulcan salute emoji represents the iconic split‑finger greeting made famous by Star Trek’s Mr. Spock. It reads as “Live long and prosper,” a cerebral blessing Leonard Nimoy adapted from a Jewish priestly gesture. Online, it blends nerd pride with a polite peace‑out and a sci‑fi flourish; people use it to sign off, to applaud airtight logic, or to quietly acknowledge a fellow geek in the wild.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 8.3 update.
This emoji was one of the "suggested emojis" the Unicode group unveiled in June 2014 [article], however, it has been, and still is, up to the companies who support emoji in their operating systems to provide not only images but also an algorithm to replace the emoji code into the emoji image.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
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Previous Names:
Raised Hand with Part Between Middle and Ring Fingers
