Heart emojis
25 emoji ยท tap one to copy it
Every heart emoji is here: โค๏ธ red and every other colour, plus broken, burning, mending, sparkling and beating hearts. Heart colours donโt have official meanings: Unicode only names them by colour. The notes below describe how people commonly use them, and plenty of people simply pick a favourite colour. When in doubt, red โค๏ธ is understood everywhere.
Heart emoji meanings at a glance
- Love and romance: โค๏ธ, ๐, ๐, ๐.
- Friendship: ๐งก, ๐.
- Sweet or cute: ๐ฉท, ๐, ๐.
- Sympathy and remembrance: ๐ค, ๐ค.
- Heartbreak: ๐; healing after it: โค๏ธโ๐ฉน.
- Passion: โค๏ธโ๐ฅ.
Some hearts, like โค๏ธ and โฃ๏ธ, can show as plain text symbols in a few apps. The copy buttons here always give the colour emoji version.
Which one to use
- Red heartRed: love and affection, romantic or not. The default heart.
- Pink heartPink: sweet, cute, playful affection.
- Orange heartOrange: warm friendship and care, softer than red.
- Yellow heartYellow: friendship, happiness, sunshine.
- Green heartGreen: nature, health, envy, or support for a cause.
- Blue heartBlue: trust, calm, loyalty; also used for sports teams and causes.
- Purple heartPurple: compassion and admiration; popular with K-pop fans.
- Black heartBlack: grief, dark humour or a goth style.
- White heartWhite: pure or calm love, sympathy and remembrance.
- Broken heartBroken: heartbreak and disappointment.
- Heart on fireHeart on fire: passion, intense love.
- Mending heartMending heart: healing and recovery after hurt.
Popular combinations
These are several emoji in a row, not one emoji; they copy as a string.
Questions
What does the red heart emoji mean?
โค๏ธ is the default heart: love and affection, romantic or not. It was the second most used emoji in the Unicode Consortiumโs 2021 study, after ๐.
What do the heart emoji colours mean?
Unicode only names hearts by colour, so the meanings come from how people use them: red for love, pink for sweet or cute affection, orange and yellow for friendship, green for nature or envy, blue for trust and calm, purple for compassion, black for grief or dark humour, and white for pure love or sympathy.
What does ๐ mean?
๐ Broken heart means heartbreak, grief or deep disappointment, from a breakup to your team losing.
What is the difference between โค๏ธ and โฅ๏ธ?
โค๏ธ is the red heart emoji. โฅ๏ธ is the heart suit from playing cards. They look similar, and โฅ๏ธ sometimes shows as a plain text symbol.
How do I type a heart emoji on my phone?
Search for โheartโ on your phoneโs emoji keyboard, or tap any heart on this page to copy it and paste it into your message.
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