Saluting Face emoji 🫡: meaning and how to use it
🫡 — a face giving a salute — means respect, acknowledgement and “on it.” It's a crisp “understood, will do,” sometimes played straight and sometimes with dutiful irony.
:saluting_face:What does the Saluting Face emoji mean?
The salute conveys respect and acknowledgement — “got it,” “yes sir,” “I'll handle it.” It's a snappy way to confirm you've received an instruction or to show admiration.
It's often used with light irony — saluting a tedious task (“time to do taxes 🫡”) — where the mock-military tone adds humor to reluctant duty.
How the emoji is used
- Acknowledging a task: “on it 🫡”
- Showing respect or admiration
- Dutiful, mock-serious humor
- Paying tribute or “o7” salutes
Saluting Face emoji: Unicode details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Emoji | 🫡 |
| Unicode code point(s) | U+1FAE1 |
| Unicode name(s) | Saluting Face |
| Shortcode | :saluting_face: |
| HTML entity | 🫡 |
| Category | Emoji |
Because it is defined in Unicode, this emoji works across phones, laptops and the web — though the exact artwork differs by platform (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung and Twemoji all draw it in their own style). The underlying meaning stays the same everywhere.
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What does 🫡 mean?
It means respect, acknowledgement or “understood, on it.” It's used both sincerely (to show respect) and with light irony about dutiful tasks.
How do I type the saluting face emoji?
On most keyboards, open the emoji picker (Windows: Win + ., Mac: Ctrl + Cmd + Space, iPhone/Android: the 😀 key) and search its name. Or just copy it from the button at the top of this page.
What is the shortcode for 🫡?
The common shortcode is :saluting_face:, used on Slack, Discord, GitHub and many other apps that turn :name: into an emoji.