Sign of the Horns is the rock and heavy metal salute, meaning "rock on." It is also the "Hook 'em Horns" sign of the University of Texas. 🤘 Sign of the Horns is an emoji from the People & Body category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F918 and it was released in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does 🤘 Sign of the Horns mean?
Sign of the Horns is the rock and heavy metal salute, meaning "rock on." It is also the "Hook 'em Horns" sign of the University of Texas. In Italy and some Mediterranean countries a similar gesture can imply a cheating spouse.
The 🤘 Sign of the Horns emoji belongs to the hand signs group of the People & Body category. People often use it in messages about finger, hand, horns, rock-on and sign. It is the emoji version of the classic text emoticon \m/. It was approved as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. It supports five skin tones: 🤘🏻 🤘🏼 🤘🏽 🤘🏾 🤘🏿. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :metal: to insert it.
Sign of the Horns skin tones & variations
Click to copy a variation:
Sign of the Horns emoji codes
| Emoji | 🤘 |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F918 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 🤘 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 🤘 |
| CSS | \1F918 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F918} |
| Python | \U0001F918 |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%A4%98 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A4 98 |
| Shortcode | :metal: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :sign_of_the_horns: |
| Emoticon | \m/ |
| Emoticon | \M/ |
How to type 🤘 on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “sign of the horns”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “sign of the horns”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “horns”.
- HTML: write
🤘in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Sign of the Horns keywords
- finger
- hand
- horns
- rock-on
- sign
Frequently asked questions
What does 🤘 mean?
Sign of the Horns is the rock and heavy metal salute, meaning "rock on." It is also the "Hook 'em Horns" sign of the University of Texas. In Italy and some Mediterranean countries a similar gesture can imply a cheating spouse.
How do I copy and paste the Sign of the Horns emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the 🤘 emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was 🤘 Sign of the Horns added to Unicode?
Sign of the Horns was released as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Does 🤘 come in different skin tones?
Yes. Sign of the Horns supports five skin-tone modifiers based on the Fitzpatrick scale: 🤘🏻 🤘🏼 🤘🏽 🤘🏾 🤘🏿. Pick one from the list above to copy it.
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Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.