Salute Emoji 🫡: Copy, Meaning and Respect Combos

Salute Emoji Meaning: Respect, "Yes Sir" and More

🫡 has a few everyday meanings. All of them come from the real-life salute, which is a sign of respect and readiness.

Because it means respect, many people use it as the respect emoji in comments, for example under a video of a firefighter or a teacher. It can sometimes be ironic, like a mock salute to a friend who finally woke up at noon, so read the tone of the chat. In Hindi you might say सलाम (salaam) or सलामी (salaami) for this feeling.

Army Emoji and Soldier Emoji Options

There is no official Indian army emoji, and no emoji shows a soldier in uniform saluting. People combine a few emojis instead:

• 🪖 Military helmet: the closest army helmet emoji.
• 💂 Guard: a guard in a tall hat, sometimes used as a soldier emoji.
• 🎖️ Military medal: one of the original emojis, used for bravery, awards and honour.
• 🏅 Sports medal and 🥇 for achievements outside the forces.
• ⚓ Anchor and ✈️ Airplane are often added for the Navy and Air Force.

A simple army emoji copy and paste set: 🫡🪖🇮🇳. For the three services together: 🪖⚓✈️🇮🇳.

Some readers search "army emoji BTS" or "BTS army emoji". That is a different meaning: fans of the K-pop band BTS call themselves ARMY, and they usually use the purple heart 💜, not military emojis.

Jai Hind Emoji Combos for National Days

On 15 August and 26 January, messages with the flag and salute are everywhere. Here are respectful combos you can copy:

A Jai Hind emoji message can also include the tricolour hearts 🧡🤍💚, which many people use as a colour echo of the flag. More national-day ideas are on emoji status in Hindi. For text symbols like the national emblem and other national symbols, read national symbols of India.

A note on respect: keep the flag emoji for proud, respectful messages. Avoid placing it next to jokes, angry faces or anything that may look like mockery.

Is There a Salute Emoji? Why It Shows as a Box

Yes, 🫡 is the official emoji for salute, but it is fairly new. Since it arrived in Emoji 14.0, phones and computers need an updated emoji font to draw it. On an older phone, the person you send this emoji salute to may see an empty box, a question mark or two separate shapes.

• Update your phone's software or keyboard app if you see a box.
• If the other person cannot see it, add a word: "Salute 🫡" still makes sense.
• 💪 and 🎖️ are much older and show on almost every phone, so they make a safe backup.

The flag 🇮🇳 is a special case. It is built from two letter-like characters (regional indicators for I and N). Some systems, especially Windows, show them as the letters "IN" instead of a flag picture. That is normal and does not mean anything is wrong with the text.

How to Type the Salute Emoji

• Android: tap the smiley key on your keyboard (on some keyboards, long-press Enter or comma), then search "salute".
• iPhone: tap the smiley/globe key and type "salute" in the search bar, on supported iOS versions.
• Windows: press Windows+. and search "salute" in the emoji panel.
• Mac: press Control+Command+Space and search.
• Word: type 1FAE1 then press Alt+X. For the medal, use 1F396 then Alt+X. The flag has no single code, so copy it from this page.

The salute emoji code for web pages is 🫡, shown with the other details in the table above. Emojis have no Alt codes. For a picture to put on a poster or slide, use the Download PNG button. Keyboard tips for all emojis are on emoji keyboard shortcuts.

Other Salutes and Salute in Text

Different hand signs are sometimes called salutes:

• 🖖 Vulcan salute: a split-finger hand sign from the Star Trek series, meaning "live long and prosper".
• 🙏 Folded hands: namaste, a respectful greeting; see namaste symbol.
• ✊ Raised fist: strength and unity.

Where emojis do not work, you can write salute in text with simple characters, such as o7, which looks like a small head with a saluting arm and is common in gaming chats. More hand emojis and signs are on hand symbols.