Fingers split into a V between the middle and ring finger, the vulcan-salute emoji is Spock's signature gesture from Star Trek. It's meant to accompany 'live long and prosper,' and outside fandom it's shorthand for geek pride generally, or just a nerdier way to say hello.
What 🖖 means
A raised palm with space between the middle and the ring fingers, while the first two and the last two fingers stay close together. This emoji was first inspired by Mr. Spock of the 1960s Star Trek series.
Sported by Mr. Spock; the first human Vulcan, the 🖖 Vulcan Salute signifies the act of wishing well for others. It suggests prosperity, happiness, growth, and goodness.
This emoji is available in the designated skin tones almost across all platforms.
How and when to use it
- If your friend(s) gave you some great news, send this emoji and a way of wishing them all the best.
- It can also be used as a gesture of prosperity and a happy life.
- If a post on social media sprung out good vibes and made you feel optimistic, use this 🖖 emoji as a reaction to that.
- You can also send this 🖖 emoji along with a motivational and empowering post that you came across on social media.
- This 🖖 emoji can also be used in your captions when you write something about prospering, hard work, and all that hustle stuff.
Other Names
- 🖖 May the Force be With You
- 🖖 Vulcan
- 🖖 Spock
- 🖖 Star Trek
- 🖖 The Vulcans
- 🖖 Good Life
- 🖖 Preach
- 🖖 Prosperity
- 🖖 Best Wishes
- 🖖 Long Life
- 🖖 Hand With Fingers Split Between Middle and Ring Fingers
- 🖖 Raised Hand With Part Between Middle and Ring Fingers
🖖 in real conversations
What does 🖖 mean in texting?
Live long and prosper — Spock's Vulcan salute from Star Trek, split fingers and all. It works as a farewell or a genuine well-wish, especially before something big like an exam or a trip.
What does 🖖 mean from a friend?
A geeky send-off that doubles as sincere good luck — 'you've got this, 🖖' means the sender's rooting for a good outcome, just dressed up in sci-fi flavor.
Do you have to be a Star Trek fan to use 🖖?
Not anymore — the salute escaped the franchise decades ago and now reads as plain 'good luck out there' to plenty of people who've never watched an episode.
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body › hand-fingers-open
- Codepoints
U+1F596- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0
- Shortcodes
:vulcan_salute:GitHub · Discord:spock-hand:Slack:vulcan:Discord:raised_hand_with_part_between_middle_and_ring_fingers:Discord- Keywords
- finger, hand, hands, salute, Vulcan
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
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🖖 Vulcan Salute or 🔥 Fire?
Runs with a crowd
🖖 keeps company in hand emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.