What does 🤘 mean?
Sign of the horns: rock, metal, 'that rocks!'. Concerts, parties, excitement.
Its official Unicode name is SIGN OF THE HORNS and its CLDR short name is "sign of the horns" (in Hungarian: "metálvilla"). It belongs to the People & Body group and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- finger
- hand
- horns
- rock-on
- sign
In Hungarian: kéz, metál, ördögvilla, rock, rock & roll, szarvak, ujj
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🤘 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F918. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- SIGN OF THE HORNS
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- metálvilla
- English name (CLDR)
- sign of the horns
- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Group
- People & Body · hand fingers partial
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :metal:
Related emojis
- OK hand
- Victory hand
- Crossed fingers
- Love-you gesture
- Call me hand
- Pinched fingers
- Pinching hand
- Hand with index finger and thumb crossed
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🤘 emoji mean?
Sign of the horns: rock, metal, 'that rocks!'. Concerts, parties, excitement.
How do I type the 🤘 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "finger".
When was the 🤘 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 1.0 (2015), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Does 🤘 come in skin tones?
Yes, it comes in five skin tones: your device adds a Unicode skin tone modifier (U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF) after the emoji. You can copy all five variants above.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.