Black Heart

🖤 is a black heart. It is used for dark humour, grief and a goth or minimalist aesthetic.

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Tone

AffectionateIt reads as warm and affectionate.DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: BLACK HEART
CLDR short name: black heart
Codepoint: U+1F5A4
Hex: 1F5A4
Emoji version: 3.0
Unicode version: 9.0
First released: 2016
Unicode group: Smileys & Emotion
Unicode subgroup: heart
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:black_heart:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

black · evil · heart · wicked

How it looks

Black Heart — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

Renders 🖤 with your system emoji font into PNG, WebP, or SVG. Pick a pixel size, then download.

Note: PNG and WebP use the emoji font installed on your device (Apple Color Emoji on macOS/iOS, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows, Noto Color Emoji on Android/Linux), so the look matches your platform. SVG embeds the character as text — rendering depends on the viewer.

Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🖤. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🖤 black heart emoji mean?: 🖤 is a black heart. It is used for dark humour, grief and a goth or minimalist aesthetic.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🖤?: U+1F5A4, named BLACK HEART in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🖤 black heart emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 3.0, published in 2016, alongside Unicode 9.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🖤 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “black heart”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🖤 from this page with one click.
What is the shortcode for 🖤?: On GitHub, type :black_heart: and it turns into 🖤 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.