Index and middle finger raised in a V, the victory-hand emoji covers both meanings baked into its name — a peace sign and a victory salute. It's just as at home ending a photo pose as it is signing off a message with 'peace out.'
What ✌️ means
A hand with the forefinger and the middle finger raised to make a 'V', while the rest of the fingers are folded into the palm. This emoji signifies winning, accomplishment, achievement, and success.
The ✌️ Victory Hand emoji also suggests a sense of being at peace, chilling out, and relaxing too. This emoji is available in the designated skin tones across almost all platforms.
How and when to use it
- ✌️ emoji can be used to show that you achieved a milestone in life; for example, cleaning up your room or being responsible at a party.
- ✌️ can also be used to say "peace out" or just "peace".
- However, ✌️ emoji can also be used in sarcastic and indifferent contexts too. Like if someone told you something exciting, ✌️ emoji would look like a very shallow response. So, don't do that.
- ✌️ can be used with friends and colleagues of a wider circle, sending ✌️ emoji to someone close never really ends well.
- If you won something and you're celebrating it with close ones, use ✌️ emoji in that context.
Other Names
- ✌️ Victory
- ✌️ Achievement
- ✌️ Accomplishment
- ✌️ Peace
- ✌️ Peace Out
- ✌️ Relax
- ✌️ Chill
- ✌️ Air Quotes
- ✌️ V Sign
- ✌️ Peace Sign
- ✌️ Win
✌️ in real conversations
What does ✌️ mean?
Two raised fingers — peace, a casual goodbye, or the default pose for a selfie. Its meaning depends entirely on what it's attached to: "peace out ✌️" versus a photo caption are different jobs.
What does ✌️ mean in texting?
Usually a breezy sign-off — "later," "peace," "all good." It's low-effort and friendly, the text equivalent of a wave on the way out, and it works just as well ending a chat as it does closing out a photo caption.
Does ✌️ mean peace or victory?
Both, depending on the era and the angle. It started as Winston Churchill's WWII "V for Victory," got adopted by 1960s peace protesters, and today mostly means neither — it's just the universal selfie hand.
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body › hand-fingers-partial
- Codepoints
U+270C U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:v:GitHub- Keywords
- hand, peace, v, victory
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
Skin tone variations
Pairs well with
Tap any combo to copy the whole thing.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — ✌️ Victory Hand or 🚔 Oncoming Police Car?
Runs with a crowd
✌️ keeps company in hand emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.