Red Heart
❤️ is the classic red heart. It means love and deep affection, and it is also used for strong appreciation or agreement.
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AffectionateIt reads as warm and affectionate.DBEmoji editorial interpretationCommon uses
DBEmoji editorial interpretation- Expressing love to a partner, family or friends
- Showing strong appreciation for a post or message
Technical details
Source: Unicode Consortium- Unicode name
- HEAVY BLACK HEART
- CLDR short name
- red heart
- Codepoint
- U+2764 U+FE0F
- Hex
- 2764 FE0F
- Emoji version
- 0.6
- Unicode version
- 6.0
- First released
- 2010
- 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.
:heart:Keywords
Source: Unicode CLDRemotion · heart · love · red
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How it looks
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 ❤️ red heart emoji mean?
- ❤️ is the classic red heart. It means love and deep affection, and it is also used for strong appreciation or agreement.
- What is the Unicode codepoint for ❤️?
- U+2764 U+FE0F: the character U+2764 (HEAVY BLACK HEART) followed by U+FE0F, variation selector-16, which asks for the colour emoji form. Without U+FE0F many systems draw U+2764 as a plain text symbol.
- When was the ❤️ red heart emoji released?
- It was added in Emoji 0.6, published in 2010, alongside Unicode 6.0. 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 “red 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 :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.