Heart exclamation Emoji

Smileys

A stylized punctuation mark consisting of a heart shape sitting directly on top of a single dot. It serves as an emphatic way to punctuate a sentence, giving an emotional punch to whatever statement precedes it.

Usage Context

This is frequently used in digital messaging to express intense fondness, agreement, or excitement. It bridges the gap between a standard exclamation point and a full heart emoji like ❤️, making it a go-to for adding flair to compliments or declarations of love.

History

Included as part of the Wingdings font set in the 1990s, this glyph was a staple for early desktop publishing and email signatures long before it was standardized into Unicode in 2010. It reflects the era of early internet culture where users sought creative ways to replace boring text-based punctuation.

Details

Glyph

❣

Unicode

U+2763

Shortcode

:emoji_u2763:

HTML Entity

❣

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Smileys

Subcategory heart

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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