A sci‑fi classic in your keyboard, this hand throws the iconic Star Trek greeting for “Live long and prosper,” now rendered in a warm medium‑dark skin tone. It signals calm logic, respectful good vibes, and nerd-chic swagger—perfect for a dignified hello, a classy sign‑off, or a “we’re all professionals here… mostly” moment after chaos in the chat. People drop it with LLAP as a caption, use it as a peace-adjacent flex, or deploy it ironically when leaving a messy thread like a serene Vulcan exiting the group. It also doubles as the geeky wink of approval—like, “Your take is logical; proceed.”
On Apple/iOS, it’s a right hand with the palm facing forward, thumb extended out, and the index–middle and ring–pinky fingers split into that unmistakable V. The medium‑dark brown tone has soft, realistic shading with subtle highlights on the knuckles and a smooth, rounded, slightly 3D look that matches other iOS hand emojis. The pose is straight-on and tidy, instantly readable even at small sizes—no props, no extra fuss, just pure Vulcan energy.
Culturally, it’s forever linked to Mr. Spock and Leonard Nimoy, who popularized the gesture; fans use it at conventions, in farewell posts, and whenever a moment calls for stoic optimism. In memes, it can be the “peace, but make it interstellar” response, a nerdy flirt opener, or a tongue‑in‑cheek blessing for your friend’s Monday to survive at warp speed.
The Raised Hand with Part Between Middle and Ring Fingers emoji combined with the Darker Brown flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the darker brown skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3475 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture | ![]() |
| Google Android Picture | ![]() |
| 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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| Previous Names: | Deeper Brown Raised Hand with Part Between Middle and Ring Fingers |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🖖🏾 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🖖🏾 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🖖 🏾 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🖖 🏾 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f596, 1f3fe |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F596, U+1F3FE |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128406, 127998 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x96 0x96, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBE |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 96 96, F0 9F 8F BE |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 226 226, 360 237 217 276 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDD96, 0xD83C 0xDFFE |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddd96, d83cdffe |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56726, 55356 57342 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F596 0x0001F3FE |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F596, 01F3FE |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128406, 127998 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F596\U0001F3FE" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x96\x96\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbe" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDD96\uD83C\uDFFE" |