Sign of the Horns

🤘 is the sign of the horns. It means “rock on” at concerts and metal shows.

Skin tones

Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.

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

Easy to misread

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Rock-on in most Western contexts; an insult implying infidelity in parts of southern Europe.

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: SIGN OF THE HORNS
CLDR short name: sign of the horns
Codepoint: U+1F918
Hex: 1F918
Emoji version: 1.0
Unicode version: 8.0
First released: 2015
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: hand-fingers-partial
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:metal:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

finger · hand · horns · rock-on · sign

How it looks

Sign of the Horns — Fluent 3D — Fluent 3D

Sign of the Horns — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Sign of the Horns — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🤘. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🤘 sign of the horns emoji mean?: 🤘 is the sign of the horns. It means “rock on” at concerts and metal shows.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🤘?: U+1F918, named SIGN OF THE HORNS in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🤘 sign of the horns emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 1.0, published in 2015, alongside Unicode 8.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🤘 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “sign of the horns”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🤘 from this page with one click.
Does 🤘 come in different skin tones?: Yes. There are 5 skin-tone versions: 🤘🏻 🤘🏼 🤘🏽 🤘🏾 🤘🏿. They all mean the same thing; long-press 🤘 on a phone keyboard to pick one.
What is the shortcode for 🤘?: On GitHub, type :metal: and it turns into 🤘 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.
Is 🤘 ever misunderstood?: Rock-on in most Western contexts; an insult implying infidelity in parts of southern Europe.