# 🖖🏼 Vulcan salute emoji: medium-light skin tone

🖖🏼 is the vulcan salute emoji (🖖) with medium-light skin tone. It's 🖖 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: 🖖🏼
- Unicode name: vulcan salute: medium-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F596 U+1F3FC
- Category: People & body, Open hands
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [🖖 Vulcan salute](https://emojichart.com/vulcan-salute-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/vulcan-salute-medium-light-skin-tone-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.

## Other skin tones

- 🖖 [Vulcan salute](https://emojichart.com/vulcan-salute-emoji.md)
- 🖖🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/vulcan-salute-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F596 U+1F3FB
- 🖖🏽 [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

## What it's made of

🖖🏼 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🖖 [Vulcan salute](https://emojichart.com/vulcan-salute-emoji.md) (U+1F596)
2. 🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FC)

## How to type 🖖🏼

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “vulcan salute”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “vulcan salute”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “vulcan salute”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “vulcan salute”, then pick medium-light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | saludo vulcano: tono de piel claro medio | mano, saludo, spock, tono de piel claro medio, vulcano |
| Français (fr) | salut vulcain : peau moyennement claire | doigts, main, peau moyennement claire, salut vulcain, Spock, Star Trek, vulcain |
| Deutsch (de) | vulkanischer Gruß: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | Finger, Gruß, grüßen, Hand, Hände, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, spreizen |
| Italiano (it) | saluto vulcaniano: carnagione abbastanza chiara | carnagione abbastanza chiara, mano, mano aperta, mano di Spock, saluto, saluto vulcaniano, Spock |
| Português (pt) | saudação vulcana: pele morena clara | dedos, jornada nas estrelas, mão, pele morena clara, saudação, saudação star trek, saudação vulcana, spock, star trek, startrek |
| Nederlands (nl) | Vulcaanse groet: lichtgetinte huidskleur | hand, leef lang en voorspoedig, lichtgetinte huidskleur, spock, star trek, vinger, vulcaanse groet, Vulcaanse groet, vulcan, vulcangroet |
| Svenska (sv) | vulcan-hälsning: mellanljus hy | hand, mellanljus hy, spock, Star Trek, vulcan, vulcan-hälsning |
| Polski (pl) | salut wolkański: karnacja średnio jasna | dłoń, karnacja średnio jasna, palce, pozdrowienie, ręka, salut, V, wolkan, wolkański, wolkańskie, żyj długo i pomyślnie |
| Türkçe (tr) | Vulkan selamı: orta açık cilt tonu | beden, el, orta açık cilt tonu, parmak, spock, star trek, uzay yolu, volkan, volkanlı selamı, vulcan selamı, vulkan, Vulkan selamı |
| Русский (ru) | вулканский салют: светлый тон кожи | вулканский, жест, пальцы, приветствие, рука, светлый тон кожи, спок |
| Українська (uk) | вулканське вітання: помірно світлий тон шкіри | вулкан, вулканське вітання, жест, зоряний шлях, палець, пальці, помірно світлий тон шкіри, рука, спок, тіло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χαιρετισμός σποκ: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | vulcan, δάχτυλο, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, σποκ, σώμα, χαιρετισμός vulkan, χαιρετισμός σποκ, χέρι |
| العربية (ar) | تحية فولكان: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل | إصبع, بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, تحية فولكان, جسد, سبوك, ستار تريك, فولكان, كف, يد |
| עברית (he) | הצדעה וולקנית: גוון עור בהיר בינוני | אצבעות, ברכת וולקנים, ברכת כהנים, גוון עור בהיר בינוני, וולקן, וולקנים, יד, ספוק |
| فارسی (fa) | سلام ولکان: پوست روشن | اسپاک, انگشت, بدن, پوست روشن, پیشتازان فضا, دست, سلام, ولکان |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सेल्यूट का एक तरीका: हल्की गोरी त्वचा | उंगली, रोमन अग्निदेवता, वल्कन सेल्यूट, विश्वकर्मा, सेल्यूट का एक तरीका, स्टार ट्रेक, हल्की गोरी त्वचा, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | ভ্যালকান স্যালুট: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | আকার ইঙ্গিত, আঙ্গুল, ভালকান, ভ্যালকান স্যালুট, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, শরীর, হাত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | salam vulcan: warna kulit cerah-sedang | badan, jari, salam vulcan, spock, star trek, tangan, tubuh, vulcan, warna kulit cerah-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | tay thần lửa: màu da sáng trung bình | màu da sáng trung bình, ngón tay, spock, tay, tay thần lửa, thần lửa |
| ไทย (th) | ชูนิ้วแบบวัลแคน: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | ชูนิ้วแบบวัลแคน, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, นิ้ว, มือ, วัลแคน, อวัยวะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | バルカンの挨拶: やや薄い肌色 | バルカンサイン, バルカンの挨拶, バルカン人, やや薄い肌色, 手 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 벌칸식 인사: 연한 갈색 피부 | 경례, 벌칸식 인사, 벌컨, 벌컨 인사, 손, 손 모양, 손가락, 스타트렉, 스팍, 연한 갈색 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 瓦肯举手礼: 中等-浅肤色 | 中等-浅肤色, 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：黃皮膚 | 你好, 瓦肯式敬禮, 生生不息，繁榮昌盛, 黃皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vulkansaluut: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): vulcan nkyea: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): përshëndetja e vulkanit: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): ቩልካን ሰላምታ: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): վուլկանցիների ողջույն․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): ভল্কান ছেলুট: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): vulkan salamı: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): вулкан сәләме: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): vulcandar agur: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): вулканскі салют: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): vulkanski pozdrav: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): Поздрав на вулканите: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ဗူလ်ကန် ဆလု − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): salut vulcain : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 瓦肯式敬禮手勢: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 瓦肯式敬礼手势: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): salutació vulcaniana: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎪᏍᏓᏱᏗᎦᎵᏟᎩ ᎠᏓᏲᎵᏍᏗ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): вулкан салючӗ: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): vulkanski pozdrav: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): vulkánský pozdrav: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): vulcan-hilsen: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): vulcanite tervitus: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): saudação vulcana: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): vulkan heilsan: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): vulcan salute: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): vulkanilaisten tervehdys: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): saúdo vulcaniano: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): ვულკანელების მისალმება: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): સેલ્યુટની એક રીત: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): gaisuwar vulcan: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): vulcan salute: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): star trek-üdvözlet: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): vulcan-kveðja: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): ajọọ èkèle: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): cuirtéis Bholcáin: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): ngurmat cara bangsa vulcan: kulit putih langsep
- Kabyle (kab): aburkan n tezmert: tagwlimt taceɛlalt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ವಲ್ಕೇನ್ ಸಲ್ಯೂಟ್: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): вулканша сәлемдесу: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): جانارتاۋشا سالەمدەسۋ: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): ផ្គុំម្រាមដៃជាពីរគូ: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): indamukanyo ya vulcan: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): वुलकन सॅल्युट: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): вулкандыктарча салам: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Rutzil wachaj: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຊູນິ້ວແບບວັນແຄນ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): vulkāniešu sveiciens: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): saluo vulcanian: carnaxon assæ ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): vulkanų rasės pasisveikinimo ženklas: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wulkaniske póstrowjenje: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Vulcan-Grouss: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): вулкански поздрав: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): tabik vulcan: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): വൾക്കൻ സല്യൂട്ട്: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): salut ta’ vulcan: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): दीर्घायुष्याचा आशीर्वाद देणारा हात: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): вулкан мэндчилгээ: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): whakakōtua vulcan: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): बल्कन सलामी: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Vọ́lkán Salut: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): go dumediša ga vulcan: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): Vulcan-hilsen: hudtype 3
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): Vulcan-helsing: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ଭଲକାନ୍‌ ସାଲ୍ୟୁଟ୍‌: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): vuulkaan saluutee: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): ولکان سلامي: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਲੂਟ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੱਥ, ਵਲਕਨ ਸਲੂਟ: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): قلزات دے دیوتا نوں سلامی دینا: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): vulcano napay: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): salut vulcanian: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): salid vulcanic: pel mez clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): beannachd muinntir Vulcan: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): вулкански поздрав: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): вулкански поздрав: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): vulkanski pozdrav: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): vulkanski pozdrav: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ဝူဝ်ႇလ်ၵႅၼ်ႇ ၼပ်ႉယမ်: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): ولڪن سلام: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): වල්කන් සැලියුට්: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): vulkánsky pozdrav: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): vulkanski pozdrav: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): salaan sharaf: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): ishara ya vulkani: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Swiss High German (de-CH): vulkanischer Gruss: mittelhelle Hautfarbe
- Tajik (tg): саломдиҳии вулқонӣ: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): உல்கேன் சல்யூட்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): ఆయురారోగ్య ఐశ్వర్య ప్రాప్తిరస్తు: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ቫልካን ሰላምታ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): nima mavaeua: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): tumediso ya vulcan: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): wulkan salam: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wulkaniski postrow: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): وولکن سلیوٹ: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ۋولقان سالام: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): vulkan salyuti: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): saliwt fulcanaidd: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): loxo xaajale ñeenti baaraam: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): umbuliso we-vulcan: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): Kiki Ibẹri Funni: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Kiki Ibɛri Funni: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): i-vulcan salute: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F596 U+1F3FC` |
| HTML | `🖖🏼` |
| CSS | `\1F596\1F3FC` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F596}\u{1F3FC}` |
| Python | `\U0001F596\U0001F3FC` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 96 96 F0 9F 8F BC` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DD96 D83C DFFC` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%96%96%F0%9F%8F%BC` |

## Questions

### What does 🖖🏼 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. 🖖🏼 shows it with medium-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🖖🏼 and 🖖?

🖖🏼 is the 🖖 vulcan salute emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🖖 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F596 U+1F3FC.

### How do I type 🖖🏼?

Find 🖖 in your emoji keyboard by searching “vulcan salute”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🖖🏼?

U+1F596 U+1F3FC. In HTML you can write 🖖🏼

### When was 🖖🏼 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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