Every Heart EmojiEmoji
A Japanese word (็ตตๆๅญ) meaning 'picture character' โ small graphical symbols used in digital communication to express ideas, emotions, and objects., Explained
Hearts are among the most expressive symbols in emoji history. What started as a single โค๏ธ red heart has expanded into a rich vocabulary of color, style, and emotion. As of UnicodeUnicode
Universal character encoding standard that assigns a unique number to every character across all writing systems and symbol sets, including emoji. 15.1, there are over 25 distinct heart emojis โ each carrying its own nuance.
Here is every heart emoji, what it means, and when to use it.
Colored Hearts
Color is the biggest differentiator among heart emojis. Each color carries cultural weight and communicates something slightly different.
โค๏ธ Red Heart
The classic. โค๏ธ means love, passion, romance, and deep affection. It's the most universally understood symbol of love in digital communication. Use it freely โ everyone knows what it means.
๐งก Orange Heart
Warmth, care, and friendship without the romantic intensity of red. ๐งก is great for expressing appreciation, enthusiasm, and platonic affection. It's also associated with the LGBTQ+ community as part of the Pride flag.
๐ Yellow Heart
Happiness, friendship, and positivity. ๐ is bright and cheerful โ perfect for best friends, sunny moods, and celebratory messages. On Snapchat, a yellow heart specifically indicates a #1 best friend.
๐ Green Heart
Nature, health, growth, and sometimes jealousy (as in "green with envy"). ๐ is used for environmental causes, wellness content, and sometimes financial topics ("money green"). Also commonly used by fans of the color green.
๐ Blue Heart
Trust, loyalty, calm, and serenity. ๐ is popular in professional contexts, tech communities, and for causes associated with autism awareness. It communicates sincerity and reliability.
๐ฉต Light Blue Heart
Added in Unicode 15.0 (2022), ๐ฉต fills the gap between ๐ and ๐. It represents tenderness, softness, and calm. Popular in aesthetic posts and pastel-themed content.
๐ Purple Heart
Compassion, spirituality, luxury, and military service (the Purple Heart medal). ๐ is also strongly associated with the BTS fandom (ARMY). It bridges the gap between warm and cool emotions.
๐ค Black Heart
Dark humor, edginess, grief, or sophisticated elegance. ๐ค is used by goth subcultures, people who prefer ironic expression, and in memorial contexts. It can mean "black love" in some communities.
๐ค White Heart
Purity, peace, and remembrance. ๐ค is often used to represent clean aesthetics, memorial tributes, and in combination with ๐ค for a monochrome look. Also used to represent innocence.
๐ค Brown Heart
Earthiness, warmth, and cultural pride. ๐ค gained prominence as a symbol of support for people of color and Black communities. It represents grounded, natural affection.
๐ฉท Pink Heart
Added in Unicode 15.0, ๐ฉท is the warm, bubbly younger sibling of โค๏ธ. It's playful, cute, and popular in casual contexts where red might feel too intense. Perfect for lighthearted expressions of affection.
๐ฉถ Gray Heart
Neutrality, sadness, or understated elegance. ๐ฉถ is quieter than other hearts โ used for somber emotions, minimalist aesthetics, or expressing complex feelings that don't fit a brighter color.
Decorative and Stylized Hearts
Beyond solid colors, these hearts add flair and texture.
๐ Heart with Ribbon
A heart gift-wrapped with a bow. ๐ is used around Valentine's Day, birthdays, and when giving something special. It carries the energy of gift-giving and loving generosity.
๐ Heart with Arrow
Cupid's arrow through a heart โ the classic symbol of falling in love or being struck by love at first sight. ๐ is perfect for Valentine's Day and early-stage romance.
๐ Sparkling Heart
A heart surrounded by sparkles. ๐ communicates excitement, magic, and special appreciation. Use it when something feels extraordinary.
๐ Growing Heart
Expanding concentric hearts, suggesting a feeling that is swelling or growing. ๐ conveys intense, building emotion โ love that keeps getting bigger.
๐ Beating Heart
Pulsing hearts showing a heartbeat. ๐ represents a racing heart, intense emotion, or vitality. Often used to show that someone makes your heart beat faster.
๐ Revolving Hearts
Two hearts circling each other. ๐ captures mutual affection, togetherness, and the feeling of being in sync with someone.
๐ Heart Decoration
A stylized heart in a square-ish shape, derived from the Unicode heart suit symbol. ๐ appears more formal and graphic than other hearts.
๐ซ Anatomical Heart
The actual organ โ a detailed, medical-style heart. ๐ซ is used in health contexts, biology, and sometimes for dramatic "ripping out your heart" expressions. Quite different from the romantic hearts.
โฃ๏ธ Heart Exclamation
An exclamation point made from a heart. โฃ๏ธ is enthusiastic and emphatic โ like saying something with loving urgency. Great for strong agreement or excited affirmation.
Interactive and Situational Hearts
๐ Broken Heart
Heartbreak, loss, grief, and disappointment. ๐ is one of the most emotionally resonant emojis โ used for breakups, deaths, sports defeats, and any moment of crushing sadness.
โค๏ธโ๐ฅ Heart on Fire
Love that is passionate, burning, and intense. โค๏ธโ๐ฅ was added in Emoji 13.1 (2021) as a ZWJZero Width Joiner (ZWJ)
An invisible Unicode character (U+200D) used to join multiple emoji into a single composite emoji, such as combining people and objects into profession emoji. sequence combining โค๏ธ and ๐ฅ. It represents desire, devotion, and all-consuming love.
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน Mending Heart
A heart with a bandage โ representing healing after heartbreak or recovery from pain. โค๏ธโ๐ฉน also conveys self-love and emotional repair. Added in Emoji 13.1.
๐ Two Hearts
Two separate hearts, often floating together. ๐ communicates shared affection, mutual love, and cute romance. Lighter and more playful than a single โค๏ธ.
๐ Couple with Heart
Two people with a heart between them โ representing a romantic couple. ๐ comes with skin tone modifiers and gender variants.
Tips for Using Heart Emojis
- Use โค๏ธ when you mean it most sincerely โ it carries the most weight.
- Mix colors to add nuance: ๐งก๐๐๐๐ as a rainbow shows celebration of diversity.
- ๐ + ๐ together communicates grief and tribute effectively.
- โค๏ธโ๐ฅ is great for expressing passion without sounding clichรฉ.
- White ๐ค and black ๐ค hearts together create an elegant monochrome aesthetic.
Browse All Hearts
Use our Emoji Keyboard to browse, search, and copy any heart emoji โ including all skin tone variants and ZWJ combinations.