The Red Heart is the universal symbol of love. It is also known as the heart emoji and love heart emoji. ❤️ Red Heart is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category. Its Unicode code point is U+2764 and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ❤️ Red Heart mean?
The Red Heart is the universal symbol of love. Use it to tell someone you love them, to show strong appreciation for a post, or simply to say "thank you" warmly. On Instagram and WhatsApp it is also the default "like" reaction.
The ❤️ Red Heart emoji belongs to the hearts group of the Smileys & Emotion category. You will see it in chats and captions related to emotion, heart, love and red. It is the emoji version of the classic text emoticon <3. It was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :heart: to insert it.
Red Heart emoji codes
| Emoji | ❤️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2764 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | ❤ |
| HTML entity (hex) | ❤ |
| CSS | \2764 |
| JavaScript | \u{2764} |
| Python | \u2764 |
| URL-encoded | %E2%9D%A4 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9D A4 |
| Shortcode | :heart: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :red_heart: |
| Emoticon | <3 |
How to type ❤️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “red heart”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “red heart”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “heart”.
- HTML: write
❤in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Red Heart keywords
- emotion
- heart
- love
- red
Frequently asked questions
What does ❤️ mean?
The Red Heart is the universal symbol of love. Use it to tell someone you love them, to show strong appreciation for a post, or simply to say "thank you" warmly. On Instagram and WhatsApp it is also the default "like" reaction.
What does ❤️ mean from a girl or a guy?
From a girl or a guy, a red heart is the most romantic heart. Between partners or a crush it usually means love or strong affection; between friends and family it is a warm “love you” or a big thank-you.
What is the ❤️ emoji called?
Its official Unicode name is Red Heart, but people also call it the heart emoji and love heart emoji.
How do I copy and paste the Red Heart emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the ❤️ emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was ❤️ Red Heart added to Unicode?
Red Heart was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Related Hearts emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.