# 🖖 Vulcan salute emoji

🖖 Vulcan salute is an emoji in the open hands set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: finger, hand and hands.

- Emoji: 🖖
- Unicode name: vulcan salute
- Code points: U+1F596
- Category: People & body, Open hands
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :vulcan_salute:
- Keywords: finger, hand, hands, salute, Vulcan
- Page: https://emojichart.com/vulcan-salute-emoji

## What it means

A raised hand with the fingers parted in a V between the middle and ring fingers. It is the Vulcan greeting from Star Trek, said with 'live long and prosper'. Star Trek fans and anyone sending nerdy goodwill or a friendly farewell use it.

## Skin tones

- 🖖🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/vulcan-salute-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F596 U+1F3FB
- 🖖🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/vulcan-salute-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F596 U+1F3FC
- 🖖🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/vulcan-salute-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F596 U+1F3FD
- 🖖🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/vulcan-salute-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F596 U+1F3FE
- 🖖🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/vulcan-salute-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F596 U+1F3FF

## How to type 🖖

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “vulcan salute”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “vulcan salute”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “vulcan salute”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “vulcan salute”.
- GitHub: Type :vulcan_salute: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | saludo vulcano | mano, saludo, spock, vulcano |
| Français (fr) | salut vulcain | doigts, main, salut vulcain, Spock, Star Trek, vulcain |
| Deutsch (de) | vulkanischer Gruß | Finger, Gruß, grüßen, Hand, Hände, spreizen |
| Italiano (it) | saluto vulcaniano | mano, mano aperta, mano di Spock, saluto, saluto vulcaniano, Spock |
| Português (pt) | saudação vulcana | dedos, jornada nas estrelas, mão, saudação, saudação star trek, saudação vulcana, spock, star trek, startrek |
| Nederlands (nl) | Vulcaanse groet | hand, leef lang en voorspoedig, spock, star trek, vinger, vulcaanse groet, Vulcaanse groet, vulcan, vulcangroet |
| Svenska (sv) | vulcan-hälsning | hand, spock, Star Trek, vulcan, vulcan-hälsning |
| Polski (pl) | salut wolkański | dłoń, palce, pozdrowienie, ręka, salut, V, wolkan, wolkański, wolkańskie, żyj długo i pomyślnie |
| Türkçe (tr) | Vulkan selamı | beden, el, parmak, spock, star trek, uzay yolu, volkan, volkanlı selamı, vulcan selamı, vulkan, Vulkan selamı |
| Русский (ru) | вулканский салют | вулканский, жест, пальцы, приветствие, рука, спок |
| Українська (uk) | вулканське вітання | вулкан, вулканське вітання, жест, зоряний шлях, палець, пальці, рука, спок, тіло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χαιρετισμός σποκ | vulcan, δάχτυλο, σποκ, σώμα, χαιρετισμός vulkan, χαιρετισμός σποκ, χέρι |
| العربية (ar) | تحية فولكان | إصبع, تحية فولكان, جسد, سبوك, ستار تريك, فولكان, كف, يد |
| עברית (he) | הצדעה וולקנית | אצבעות, ברכת וולקנים, ברכת כהנים, וולקן, וולקנים, יד, ספוק |
| فارسی (fa) | سلام ولکان | اسپاک, انگشت, بدن, پیشتازان فضا, دست, سلام, ولکان |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सेल्यूट का एक तरीका | उंगली, रोमन अग्निदेवता, वल्कन सेल्यूट, विश्वकर्मा, सेल्यूट का एक तरीका, स्टार ट्रेक, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | ভ্যালকান স্যালুট | আকার ইঙ্গিত, আঙ্গুল, ভালকান, ভ্যালকান স্যালুট, শরীর, হাত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | salam vulcan | badan, jari, salam vulcan, spock, star trek, tangan, tubuh, vulcan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | tay thần lửa | ngón tay, spock, tay, tay thần lửa, thần lửa |
| ไทย (th) | ชูนิ้วแบบวัลแคน | ชูนิ้วแบบวัลแคน, นิ้ว, มือ, วัลแคน, อวัยวะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | バルカンの挨拶 | バルカンサイン, バルカンの挨拶, バルカン人, 手 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 벌칸식 인사 | 경례, 벌칸식 인사, 벌컨, 벌컨 인사, 손, 손 모양, 손가락, 스타트렉, 스팍 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 瓦肯举手礼 | 手, 敬礼, 斯波克, 星际迷航, 瓦肯, 瓦肯举手礼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 你好 | 你好, 瓦肯式敬禮, 生生不息，繁榮昌盛 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vulkansaluut
- Akan (ak): vulcan nkyea
- Albanian (sq): përshëndetja e vulkanit
- Amharic (am): ቩልካን ሰላምታ
- Armenian (hy): վուլկանցիների ողջույն
- Assamese (as): ভল্কান ছেলুট
- Azerbaijani (az): vulkan salamı
- Bashkir (ba): вулкан сәләме
- Basque (eu): vulcandar agur
- Belarusian (be): вулканскі салют
- Bosnian (bs): vulkanski pozdrav
- Breton (br): salud vulkan
- Bulgarian (bg): Поздрав на вулканите
- Burmese (my): ဗူလ်ကန် ဆလု
- Cantonese (yue): 瓦肯式敬禮手勢
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 瓦肯式敬礼手势
- Catalan (ca): salutació vulcaniana
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎪᏍᏓᏱᏗᎦᎵᏟᎩ ᎠᏓᏲᎵᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): вулкан салючӗ
- Croatian (hr): vulkanski pozdrav
- Czech (cs): vulkánský pozdrav
- Danish (da): vulcan-hilsen
- Estonian (et): vulcanite tervitus
- Faroese (fo): vulkan heilsan
- Filipino (fil): vulcan salute
- Finnish (fi): vulkanilaisten tervehdys
- Galician (gl): saúdo vulcaniano
- Georgian (ka): ვულკანელების მისალმება
- Gujarati (gu): સેલ્યુટની એક રીત
- Hausa (ha): gaisuwar vulcan
- Hungarian (hu): star trek-üdvözlet
- Icelandic (is): vulcan-kveðja
- Igbo (ig): ajọọ èkèle
- Irish (ga): cuirtéis Bholcáin
- Javanese (jv): ngurmat cara bangsa vulcan
- Kalaallisut (kl): vulcan-hilsen
- Kannada (kn): ವಲ್ಕೇನ್ ಸಲ್ಯೂಟ್
- Kazakh (kk): вулканша сәлемдесу
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): جانارتاۋشا سالەمدەسۋ
- Khmer (km): ផ្គុំម្រាមដៃជាពីរគូ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): indamukanyo ya vulcan
- Konkani (kok): वुलकन सॅल्युट
- Kyrgyz (ky): вулкандыктарча салам
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Rutzil wachaj
- Lao (lo): ຊູນິ້ວແບບວັນແຄນ
- Latvian (lv): vulkāniešu sveiciens
- Lithuanian (lt): vulkanų rasės pasisveikinimo ženklas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wulkaniske póstrowjenje
- Luxembourgish (lb): Vulcan-Grouss
- Macedonian (mk): вулкански поздрав
- Malay (ms): tabik vulcan
- Malayalam (ml): വൾക്കൻ സല്യൂട്ട്
- Maltese (mt): salut ta’ vulcan
- Marathi (mr): दीर्घायुष्याचा आशीर्वाद देणारा हात
- Mongolian (mn): вулкан мэндчилгээ
- Māori (mi): whakakōtua vulcan
- Nepali (ne): बल्कन सलामी
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Vọ́lkán Salut
- Northern Sotho (nso): go dumediša ga vulcan
- Norwegian (no): Vulcan-hilsen
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): Vulcan-helsing
- Odia (or): ଭଲକାନ୍‌ ସାଲ୍ୟୁଟ୍‌
- Oromo (om): vuulkaan saluutee
- Pashto (ps): ولکان سلامي
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਲੂਟ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੱਥ, ਵਲਕਨ ਸਲੂਟ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): قلزات دے دیوتا نوں سلامی دینا
- Quechua (qu): vulcano napay
- Romanian (ro): salut vulcanian
- Romansh (rm): salid vulcanic
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): beannachd muinntir Vulcan
- Serbian (sr): вулкански поздрав
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): vulkanski pozdrav
- Shan (shn): ဝူဝ်ႇလ်ၵႅၼ်ႇ ၼပ်ႉယမ်
- Sindhi (sd): ولڪن سلام
- Sinhala (si): වල්කන් සැලියුට්
- Slovak (sk): vulkánsky pozdrav
- Slovenian (sl): vulkanski pozdrav
- Somali (so): salaan sharaf
- Swahili (sw): ishara ya vulkani
- Swiss High German (de-CH): vulkanischer Gruss
- Tajik (tg): саломдиҳии вулқонӣ
- Tamil (ta): உல்கேன் சல்யூட்
- Telugu (te): ఆయురారోగ్య ఐశ్వర్య ప్రాప్తిరస్తు
- Tigrinya (ti): ቫልካን ሰላምታ
- Tongan (to): nima mavaeua
- Tswana (tn): tumediso ya vulcan
- Turkmen (tk): wulkan salam
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wulkaniski postrow
- Urdu (ur): وولکن سلیوٹ
- Uyghur (ug): ۋولقان سالام
- Uzbek (uz): vulkan salyuti
- Welsh (cy): saliwt fulcanaidd
- Wolof (wo): loxo xaajale ñeenti baaraam
- Xhosa (xh): umbuliso we-vulcan
- Yoruba (yo): Kiki Ibẹri Funni
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Kiki Ibɛri Funni
- Zulu (zu): i-vulcan salute

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F596` |
| HTML | `🖖` |
| CSS | `\1F596` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F596}` |
| Python | `\U0001F596` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 96 96` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DD96` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%96%96` |

## Questions

### What does the 🖖 vulcan salute emoji mean?

A raised hand with the fingers parted in a V between the middle and ring fingers. It is the Vulcan greeting from Star Trek, said with 'live long and prosper'. Star Trek fans and anyone sending nerdy goodwill or a friendly farewell use it.

### How do I type the 🖖 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “vulcan salute”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :vulcan_salute:.

### When was the 🖖 emoji added?

🖖 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🖖?

U+1F596. In HTML you can write 🖖, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F596}.

### Does 🖖 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🖖🏻 light, 🖖🏼 medium-light, 🖖🏽 medium, 🖖🏾 medium-dark and 🖖🏿 dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/vulcan-salute-emoji