middle finger: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F595 1F3FE
Description
A hand with its fingers spread out, facing outwards, depicting the Vulcan salute, with a dark skin tone.
Group:
People & Body > hand-single-finger
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents respect, peace, friendship, and the iconic 'Live long and prosper' greeting from Star Trek.
Backstory
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 7.0 (2014) and is based on a gesture created by Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock in Star Trek. Nimoy based it on a blessing gesture used by Jewish Kohanim (priests). It quickly became an iconic symbol of the show.
Usage Examples
- Greeting a fellow Star Trek fan: 'Live long and prosper! 🖖🏾'
- Expressing peace or agreement: 'Peace out! 🖖🏾'
- Showing appreciation for a logical or insightful idea: 'That's very logical. 🖖🏾'
- Referencing Star Trek in conversation: 'Just rewatched an old Star Trek episode. 🖖🏾'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Strongly associated with Star Trek and its fanbase, symbolizing logic, peace, and sci-fi fandom. Widely recognized even outside of active fandom.
Global culture:
Understood as a pop culture reference, less about specific emotional expression and more about a shared cultural symbol.