✌️ Victory Hand

✌️ Victory Hand has three lives: Churchill's V for victory, the peace sign of the 1960s, and the near-universal pose in photographs across East Asia.

Casual and friendly. In the UK and Ireland the same gesture with the palm inward is rude, but the emoji always shows the palm outward.

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Two spread fingers mean victory or peace – but only with the palm facing outwards. Turn the back of the hand towards the other person and, in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, it becomes an insult. Winston Churchill reportedly used both versions depending on his audience.

In East Asia, especially Japan and South Korea, the sign took a different path: it has been the default pose in photographs since the 1970s, where it simply signals cheerfulness rather than victory.

• ✌️🤏 – Victory Hand and Pinching Hand
• ✌️🤟 – Victory Hand with Love-You Gesture
• ✌️👌 – Victory Hand plus OK Hand
• ✌️🫰 – Victory Hand and Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed
• ✌️🤌 – Victory Hand with Pinched Fingers
• ✌️🤞 – Victory Hand plus Crossed Fingers

Easy to mix up with 🤏 Pinching Hand, 🤟 Love-You Gesture or 👌 OK Hand. They look alike but do not mean the same thing – when in doubt, check the name.