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{{short description|Emoji and others representing or depicting heart shapes}}

As a common [[symbol]] throughout typographic history, the [[heart shape]] has found its way into many character sets and encodings, including those of [[Unicode]]. Some characters depict the shape directly, others reference it in a more derived manner.

{{see also|playing cards in Unicode}}

As a common symbol throughout typographic history, the [[heart shape]] has found its way into many character sets and encodings, including those of Unicode. Some characters depict the shape directly, others reference it in a more derived manner.

== History ==

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== Notable characters ==

=== Red Heartheart ===

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The Redred Heartheart (❤️) emoji is an [[ideogram]] that is used in communication to express care and as a romantic or love gesture. It is frequently seen as the most popular [[emoji]] in surveys conducted by [[NTT DoCoMo]].<ref>{{cite web

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=== Smiling Faceface Withwith Heartheart-shaped Eyeseyes ===

{{main|Face with Heart Eyes emoji}}

The Heart Eyes (😍) emoji is to express happiness towards something. The [[Unicode Consortium]] listed it as the third most used emoji in 2019, behind the Red Heart and [[Face with Tears of Joy]] emoji.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frequency of Emoji Use 2019 |url=https://home.unicode.org/emoji/emoji-frequency/ |publisher=[[Unicode]]}}</ref> It frequently appears in the top 10 lists for the most common emoji.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Silva |first1=Christianna |title=Tears of joy emoji might be experiencing a renaissance |url=https://mashable.com/article/tears-of-joy-twitter-top-emoji |publisher=[[Mashable]] |date=February 9, 2022}}</ref>

== Encoding ==

A common [[emoticon]] for the heart is &lt;3. In [[Unicode]] several heart symbols are available in text format:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|-

! scope="col" | Glyph

! scope="col" | Description

! scope="col" | [[HTML]] code

! scope="col" | [[Alt code]]s

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%| ❦ }}

| U+2766 FLORAL HEART

| <code>&amp;#x2766;</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%| ❧ }}

| U+2767 ROTATED FLORAL HEART BULLET

| <code>&amp;#x2767;</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%| ☙ }}

| U+2619 REVERSED ROTATED FLORAL HEART BULLET

| <code>&amp;#x2619;</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%| ♡ }}

| U+2661 WHITE HEART SUIT

| <code>&amp;#x2661;</code> or <code>&amp;#9825;</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|♥}}

| U+2665 BLACK [[Hearts (suit)|HEART SUIT]] in device default representation

| <code>&amp;#x2665;</code> or <code>&amp;#9829;</code> or <code>&amp;hearts;</code>

| Alt + 3

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%| ♥︎}}

| U+2665 BLACK [[Hearts (suit)|HEART SUIT]] in explicit plaintext representation

| <code>&amp;#x2665;&amp;#xfe0e;</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%| ♥️}}

| U+2665 BLACK [[Hearts (suit)|HEART SUIT]] in explicit emoji representation

| <code>&amp;#x2665;&amp;#xfe0f;</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%| ❤ }}

| U+2764 HEAVY BLACK HEART in device default representation

| <code>&amp;#x2764;</code> or <code>&amp;#10084;</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%| ❤︎}}

| U+2764 HEAVY BLACK HEART in explicit plaintext representation

| <code>&amp;#x2764;&amp;#xfe0e;</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%| ❤️}}

| U+2764 HEAVY BLACK HEART in explicit emoji representation

| <code>&amp;#x2764;&amp;#xfe0f;</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%| ❥ }}

| U+2765 ROTATED HEAVY BLACK HEART BULLET

| <code>&amp;#x2765;</code> or <code>&amp;#10085;</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%| ❣ }}

| U+2763 HEAVY HEART EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT

| <code>&amp;#x2763;</code> or <code>&amp;#10083;</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%| 🎔 }}

| U+1F394 HEART WITH TIP ON THE LEFT

| <code>&amp;#x1f394;</code>

|

|-

|}

In [[Code page 437]], the original character set of the IBM PC, the value of 3 (hexadecimal 03) represents the [[Hearts (suit)|heart suit]] symbol. This value is shared with the non-printing [[End-of-text character|ETX]] control character, which overrides the glyph in many contexts.

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== List of heart related emojis ==

The single Unicode character heart related [[emoji]]s can be found on the [[Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs]], [[Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs]], and [[Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A]] ranges.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|-

! scope="col" | Glyph

! scope="col" | Unicode name

! scope="col" | Codepoints

! scope="col" | Skin tone variants

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|♥️}}

| Black Heart Suit

| <code>U+2665 U+FE0F</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|❣️}}

| Heavy Heart Exclamation Mark Ornament

| <code>U+2763 U+FE0F</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|❤️}}

| Heavy Black Heart

| <code>U+2764 U+FE0F</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|🏩}}

| [[Love hotel|Love Hotel]]

| <code>U+1F3E9</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💌}}

| [[Love letter|Love Letter]]

| <code>U+1F48C</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💏}}

| Kiss

| <code>U+1F48F</code>

| {{resize|200%|💏🏻 💏🏼 💏🏽 💏🏾 💏🏿 🧑🏻‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏽 🧑🏻‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏾 🧑🏻‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏿 🧑🏼‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏻 🧑🏼‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏽 🧑🏼‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏾 🧑🏼‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏿 🧑🏽‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏻 🧑🏽‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏼 🧑🏽‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏾 🧑🏽‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏿 🧑🏾‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏻 🧑🏾‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏼 🧑🏾‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏽 🧑🏾‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏿 🧑🏿‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏻 🧑🏿‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏼 🧑🏿‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏽}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨}}

| Kiss: Man, Man

| <code>U+1F468 U+200D U+2764 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F468</code>

| {{resize|200%|👨🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 👨🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏼 👨🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽 👨🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾 👨🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏿 👨🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 👨🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏼 👨🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽 👨🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾 👨🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏿 👨🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 👨🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏼 👨🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽 👨🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾 👨🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏿 👨🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 👨🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏼 👨🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽 👨🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾 👨🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏿 👨🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 👨🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏼 👨🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽 👨🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾 👨🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏿}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩}}

| Kiss: Woman, Woman

| <code>U+1F469 U+200D U+2764 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F469</code>

| {{resize|200%|👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏻 👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏼 👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏽 👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏾 👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏿 👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏻 👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏼 👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏽 👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏾 👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏿 👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏻 👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏼 👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏽 👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏾 👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏿 👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏻 👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏼 👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏽 👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏾 👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏿 👩🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏻 👩🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏼 👩🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏽 👩🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏾 👩🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏿}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨}}

| Kiss: Woman, Man

| <code>U+1F469 U+200D U+2764 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F48B U+200D U+1F468</code>

| {{resize|200%|👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏼 👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽 👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾 👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏿 👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏼 👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽 👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾 👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏿 👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏼 👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽 👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾 👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏿 👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏼 👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽 👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾 👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏿 👩🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 👩🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏼 👩🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽 👩🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾 👩🏿‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏿}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💑}}

| Couple with Heart

| <code>U+1F491</code>

| {{resize|200%|💑🏻 💑🏼 💑🏽 💑🏾 💑🏿 🧑🏻‍❤️‍🧑🏼 🧑🏻‍❤️‍🧑🏽 🧑🏻‍❤️‍🧑🏾 🧑🏻‍❤️‍🧑🏿 🧑🏼‍❤️‍🧑🏻 🧑🏼‍❤️‍🧑🏽 🧑🏼‍❤️‍🧑🏾 🧑🏼‍❤️‍🧑🏿 🧑🏽‍❤️‍🧑🏻 🧑🏽‍❤️‍🧑🏼 🧑🏽‍❤️‍🧑🏾 🧑🏽‍❤️‍🧑🏿 🧑🏾‍❤️‍🧑🏻 🧑🏾‍❤️‍🧑🏼 🧑🏾‍❤️‍🧑🏽 🧑🏾‍❤️‍🧑🏿 🧑🏿‍❤️‍🧑🏻 🧑🏿‍❤️‍🧑🏼 🧑🏿‍❤️‍🧑🏽 🧑🏿‍❤️‍🧑🏾}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|👨‍❤️‍👨}}

| Couple with Heart: Man, Man

| <code>U+1F468 U+200D U+2764 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F468</code>

| {{resize|200%|👨🏻‍❤️‍👨🏻 👨🏻‍❤️‍👨🏼 👨🏻‍❤️‍👨🏽 👨🏻‍❤️‍👨🏾 👨🏻‍❤️‍👨🏿 👨🏼‍❤️‍👨🏻 👨🏼‍❤️‍👨🏼 👨🏼‍❤️‍👨🏽 👨🏼‍❤️‍👨🏾 👨🏼‍❤️‍👨🏿 👨🏽‍❤️‍👨🏻 👨🏽‍❤️‍👨🏼 👨🏽‍❤️‍👨🏽 👨🏽‍❤️‍👨🏾 👨🏽‍❤️‍👨🏿 👨🏾‍❤️‍👨🏻 👨🏾‍❤️‍👨🏼 👨🏾‍❤️‍👨🏽 👨🏾‍❤️‍👨🏾 👨🏾‍❤️‍👨🏿 👨🏿‍❤️‍👨🏻 👨🏿‍❤️‍👨🏼 👨🏿‍❤️‍👨🏽 👨🏿‍❤️‍👨🏾 👨🏿‍❤️‍👨🏿}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|👩‍❤️‍👩}}

| Couple with Heart: Woman, Woman

| <code>U+1F469 U+200D U+2764 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F469</code>

| {{resize|200%|👩🏻‍❤️‍👩🏻 👩🏻‍❤️‍👩🏼 👩🏻‍❤️‍👩🏽 👩🏻‍❤️‍👩🏾 👩🏻‍❤️‍👩🏿 👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏻 👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏼 👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏽 👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏾 👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏿 👩🏽‍❤️‍👩🏻 👩🏽‍❤️‍👩🏼 👩🏽‍❤️‍👩🏽 👩🏽‍❤️‍👩🏾 👩🏽‍❤️‍👩🏿 👩🏾‍❤️‍👩🏻 👩🏾‍❤️‍👩🏼 👩🏾‍❤️‍👩🏽 👩🏾‍❤️‍👩🏾 👩🏾‍❤️‍👩🏿 👩🏿‍❤️‍👩🏻 👩🏿‍❤️‍👩🏼 👩🏿‍❤️‍👩🏽 👩🏿‍❤️‍👩🏾 👩🏿‍❤️‍👩🏿}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|👩‍❤️‍👨}}

| Couple with Heart: Woman, Man

| <code>U+1F469 U+200D U+2764 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F468</code>

| {{resize|200%|👩🏻‍❤️‍👨🏻 👩🏻‍❤️‍👨🏼 👩🏻‍❤️‍👨🏽 👩🏻‍❤️‍👨🏾 👩🏻‍❤️‍👨🏿 👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏻 👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏼 👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏽 👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏾 👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏿 👩🏽‍❤️‍👨🏻 👩🏽‍❤️‍👨🏼 👩🏽‍❤️‍👨🏽 👩🏽‍❤️‍👨🏾 👩🏽‍❤️‍👨🏿 👩🏾‍❤️‍👨🏻 👩🏾‍❤️‍👨🏼 👩🏾‍❤️‍👨🏽 👩🏾‍❤️‍👨🏾 👩🏾‍❤️‍👨🏿 👩🏿‍❤️‍👨🏻 👩🏿‍❤️‍👨🏼 👩🏿‍❤️‍👨🏽 👩🏿‍❤️‍👨🏾 👩🏿‍❤️‍👨🏿}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💒}}

| Wedding

| <code>U+1F492</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💓}}

| Beating Heart

| <code>U+1F493</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💔}}

| Broken Heart

| <code>U+1F494</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💕}}

| Two Hearts

| <code>U+1F495</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💖}}

| Sparkling Heart

| <code>U+1F496</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💗}}

| Growing Heart

| <code>U+1F497</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💘}}

| Heart with Arrow

| <code>U+1F498</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💙}}

| Blue Heart

| <code>U+1F499</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💚}}

| Green Heart

| <code>U+1F49A</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💛}}

| Yellow Heart

| <code>U+1F49B</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💜}}

| Purple Heart

| <code>U+1F49C</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💝}}

| Heart with Ribbon

| <code>U+1F49D</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💞}}

| Revolving Hearts

| <code>U+1F49E</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|💟}}

| Heart Decoration

| <code>U+1F49F</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%|🖤}}

| Black Heart

| <code>U+1F5A4</code>

|

|-

! scope="row" | {{resize|200%| 😍 }}

| Smiling Face with Heart-Shaped Eyes

| <code>U+1F60D</code>

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|-

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| Face Blowing a Kiss

| <code>U+1F618</code>

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| Smiling Cat Face with Heart-Shaped Eyes

| <code>U+1F63B</code>

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| White Heart

| <code>U+1F90D</code>

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| Brown Heart

| <code>U+1F90E</code>

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| Smiling Face with Hearts

| <code>U+1F970</code>

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| Orange Heart

| <code>U+1F9E1</code>

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| Light Blue Heart

| <code>U+1FA75</code>

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| Grey Heart

| <code>U+1FA76</code>

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| Pink Heart

| <code>U+1FA77</code>

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| Anatomical Heart

| <code>U+1FAC0</code>

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| Mending Heart

| <code>U+2764 U+FE0F U+200D U+1FA79</code>

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| Heart on Fire

| <code>U+2764 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F525</code>

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| [[Hand heart|Heart Hands]]

| <code>U+1FAF6</code>

| {{Resize|200%|🫶🏻🫶🏼🫶🏽🫶🏾🫶🏿}}

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| [[Finger heart|Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed]]

| <code>U+1FAF0</code>

| {{Resize|200%|🫰🏻🫰🏼🫰🏽🫰🏾🫰🏿}}

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== See also ==

* [[Playing cards in Unicode]]

== References ==

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[[category:heartHeart symbols]]

[[Category:Unicode]]