victory emoji
The victory emoji displays a light skin tone hand gesture forming a 'V' shape with the index and middle fingers, commonly symbolizing peace or victory.
There are different emoji meanings for victory emoji in different cultures:
- Western culture
- Widely recognized as a 'peace sign' (especially in the 1960s counterculture) or a 'victory sign' (associated with Winston Churchill during WWII).
- East Asian culture
- Often used in photos as a playful pose, particularly common in South Korea and Japan, sometimes without direct association with peace or victory.
- United Kingdom/Australia/New Zealand (palm inwards)
- If the palm is facing inwards towards the person making the gesture, it can be an offensive insult, equivalent to 'flipping the bird' or the middle finger. (This emoji shows palm outwards, avoiding that connotation).
- Argentina
- Can be interpreted as 'V of Victory' related to political history.
