♥

See also: ♡ [U+2661 WHITE HEART SUIT], 🧡 [U+1F9E1 ORANGE HEART], 💛 [U+1F49B YELLOW HEART], 💚 [U+1F49A GREEN HEART], 🩵 [U+1FA75 LIGHT BLUE HEART], 💙 [U+1F499 BLUE HEART], 💜 [U+1F49C PURPLE HEART], 🩷 [U+1FA77 PINK HEART], 🖤 [U+1F5A4 BLACK HEART], 🩶 [U+1FA76 GREY HEART], 🤍 [U+1F90D WHITE HEART], and 🤎 [U+1F90E BROWN HEART]

Text style	Emoji style
♥︎	♥️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
♥ U+2665, ♥ BLACK HEART SUIT ← ♤ [U+2664] Miscellaneous Symbols ♦ → [U+2666]

Character variations

Text style	Emoji style
❤︎	❤️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
❤ U+2764, ❤ HEAVY BLACK HEART ← ❣ [U+2763] Dingbats ❥ → [U+2765]

Text style	Emoji style
💟︎	💟️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
💟 U+1F49F, 💟 HEART DECORATION ← 💞 [U+1F49E] Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs 💠 → [U+1F4A0]

Translingual

Description

A stylized heart symbol.

Symbol

♥

1. Depicting a stylized heart.
   1. (card games) A symbol on playing cards for hearts.
   2. (originally manga) Indicating a smooth tone of voice, implying happiness, love, or lust.
      • 2004, Hikaru no Go volume #2 (English release), Viz, page 14

        If you want to take this boy on, do it on the Go board. I'll teach him a lesson. Play a game! ♡

   3. (video games) Representing a life.
   4. (video games) Representing a hit point.
   5. (video games) Representing healing.

Symbol

❤️

1. An emoji depicting a stylized heart.

   Synonym: <3

   Just about gave me a ❤️ attack! (in English)

   • 2024 September 25, Mehera Bonner, “Anna Delvey Said She’s Taking “Nothing” From ‘DWTS’ and Ezra Sosa Had the Funniest Reaction”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1]:

     Meanwhile, pro partner Ezra Sosa looked absolutely shocked, bless his ❤️.

   1. Representing or indicating love or affection.

      Love ya, sis. ❤️ (in English)

      • 2023 October 3, Samantha Olson, “Here’s How to Snag Tickets to Mariah Carey’s “Merry Christmas One and All” Tour”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[2] (in English), archived from the original on 5 October 2023:

        “Yes, the actual defrosting has begun! 🧊 Announcing the MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL Tour! 🎄❤️ On sale 10/6,” she [Mariah Carey] wrote on social media.

      • 2024 July 12, Mehera Bonner, “Serena Williams's Daughter Olympia Made an Adorable Appearance on the ESPYS Red Carpet!”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[3]:

        Cutest family ever. ❤️ [subtitle]

   2. Indicating appreciation, admiration, compassion, kindness, happiness, or thankfulness.

      Thank you so much! ❤️ (in English)

   3. Indicating a sweet tone of voice implying happiness, playfulness, or teasing.

      Hi there~ ❤️ (in English)

   4. Indicating goodwill or support.

      We will succeed this time around. ❤️ (in English)

Related terms

• ❣️
• 💓
• 💔
• 💕
• 💖
• 💗
• 💘
• 💙
• 💚
• 💛
• 💜
• 💝
• 💞
• 💟
• 🖤
• 🤍
• 🤎
• 🧡
• 🩵
• 🩶
• 🩷

See also

Suits (translingual) (layout · text)
♥/♡	♦/♢	♠/♤	♣/♧

Further reading

• “❤️ Red Heart Emoji”, in Emojipedia, 2013–present.
• Heart symbol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hearts in Unicode on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Verb

♥ (third-person singular simple present ♥s or ♥'s, present participle ♥ing or ♥'ing, simple past and past participle ♥ed or ♥'d or ♥'ed)

1. Stylistic substitution for the word love.

   Synonym: <3

   I♥NY ― I love New York.

   I♥U ― I love you.

   • 2011, Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro, “Travel”, in The Modern Gentleman, 2nd Edition, A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice, part 4 (The Wayfaring Gentleman), page 271:

     "My karma ran over your dogma" is well regarded by these gentlemen, though the baffling "I ❤ Quisp" is more singular.