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🤘 Sign of the horns

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🤘 Emoji meaning

Metal salute, rock on, warding off bad luck, devil's salute, sacred.

Table of Contents

  1.  Meaning
  2.  Confused With
  3.  Variants
  4.  Emoji History
  5.  Similar Emojis
  6.  Platforms
  7.  Emoji Details
  8.  Comments

🤘 Meaning

Rock on! Little finger and forefinger are forming horns. The metal horn is a gesture of metal rock fans. Can have many meanings, such as unfaithfulness (by horny husband/wife), sign to ward off misfortune, devil's salutation or sacred gesture in Buddhism.

Examples

  • Rock on! 🤘
  • That was awesome. 🤘
  • Are you coming to the show? 🤘

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Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Sign of the horns
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Love-you gesture

Love-you gesture vs sign of the horns; similar hand shapes used for fandom, rock, or support.

Same Emotion

Sign of the horns
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Victory hand

Sign of the horns vs victory hand; both multi-finger gestures in fun/celebration contexts.

Same Shape

Sign of the horns
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Love-you gesture

Sign of the horns vs love-you; both similar rock-style gestures, non-experts may treat them as the same.

Variants

Skin tones
Sign of the horns
Sign of the horns: light skin tone
Sign of the horns: medium-light skin tone
Sign of the horns: medium skin tone
Sign of the horns: medium-dark skin tone
Sign of the horns: dark skin tone

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Sign of the horns” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ sign

Keywords removed

- sign of the horns

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ sign of the horns

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ finger + hand + horns + rock-on

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- rock-on

Similar emojis from "Hands and Body Parts"

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Hands and Body Parts
👋 Waving hand 🤚 Raised back of hand 🖐️ Hand with fingers splayed ✋ Raised hand 🖖 Vulcan salute 🫱 Rightwards hand 🫲 Leftwards hand 🫴 Palm up hand 🫳 Palm down hand 🫷 Leftwards pushing hand 🫸 Rightwards pushing hand 👌 OK hand 🤌 Pinched fingers 🤏 Pinching hand ✌️ Victory hand 🤞 Crossed fingers 🫰 Hand with index finger and thumb crossed 🤟 Love-you gesture 🤘 Sign of the horns 🤙 Call me hand 👈 Backhand index pointing left 👉 Backhand index pointing right 👆 Backhand index pointing up 🖕 Middle finger 👇 Backhand index pointing down ☝️ Index pointing up 🫵 Index pointing at the viewer 👍 Thumbs up 👎 Thumbs down 👊 Oncoming fist ✊ Raised fist 🤛 Left-facing fist 🤜 Right-facing fist 👏 Clapping hands 🙌 Raising hands 🫶 Heart hands 👐 Open hands 🤲 Palms up together 🤝 Handshake 🙏 Folded hands ✍️ Writing hand 💅 Nail polish 🤳 Selfie 💪 Flexed biceps 🦾 Mechanical arm 🦿 Mechanical leg 🦵 Leg 🦶 Foot 👂 Ear 🦻 Ear with hearing aid 👃 Nose 🧠 Brain 🫀 Anatomical heart 🫁 Lungs 🦷 Tooth 🦴 Bone 👀 Eyes 👁️ Eye 👅 Tongue 👄 Mouth 🫦 Biting lip 👣 Footprints 🫆 Fingerprint 🧬 Dna 🩸 Drop of blood
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Comments

(3) Comments

  • Rock on!

  • Devil horns: a sign made famous in heavy metal by frontman Ronnie James Dio, but also used in ancient Europe to protect the soul from envy and keep away evil spirits.

  • This emoji is often used to convey rock and roll vibes, excitement, or a rebellious attitude.