U+1F918 "🤘" Sign of the Horns Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🤘
U+1F918 "🤘" Sign of the Horns is a hand gesture formed by extending the index and pinky fingers while curling the middle and ring fingers down and holding the thumb across them. Commonly associated with rock, heavy metal, and punk music culture, it is used to express enthusiasm, appreciation, or a rebellious spirit at concerts and in online communication. The gesture has historical roots in various traditions, including ancient Mediterranean rites where it was believed to ward off evil, and was famously popularized in modern times by figures like Ronnie James Dio. As a digital symbol, it conveys a sense of energy, defiance, or camaraderie, though its interpretation can vary across different cultural contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F918 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Sign of the Horns |
| Block | Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🤘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🤘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA4 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDD18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F918 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udd18 |