❤
Heavy Black Heart
- Unicode
- U+2764
- Category
- Hearts
- HTML Entity
- ❤
- CSS
- \2764
The Heavy Black Heart symbol (❤) is a classic ideogram universally representing love, affection, and romance. Originally added to the Unicode Standard as a monochrome dingbat character, it now widely renders as a vibrant red heart emoji across modern digital platforms. It remains an essential communicative tool used daily in text messaging and social media to express deep emotional connection or appreciation.
How to Type
- Windows
- Win + . then search "heart"
- macOS
- Control + Command + Space then search "heart"
- Linux
- Ctrl + Shift + U then 2764
- HTML
- ❤ or ❤
In Programming
In UI design and web development, the heart symbol frequently functions as a toggle icon for "liking" or "favoriting" content. It also serves as a classic visual indicator for player health or extra lives in video game programming.
Tags
affection symbol
classic heart
heart
heart text symbol
heart unicode
love
love emoji
love symbol copy paste
passion
red heart
red heart emoji
romance
valentine
❤️ heart