Heart suit Emoji

Activities

A classic red, heart-shaped suit representing one of the four suits in a standard deck of playing cards. Unlike more detailed anatomical hearts, this version uses a bold, simplified shape designed for clarity in small font sizes.

Usage Context

Widely used in digital messaging to signify love, affection, or gratitude. Beyond romantic sentiment, it remains a staple for talking about card games like poker or bridge, often appearing alongside ♠, ♦, and ♣.

History

Tracing its roots back to 16th-century French card decks, this character was part of the original Miscellaneous Symbols block added to Unicode in 1993. It was one of the few ways users could express emotion or refer to card games on early character-based computer systems before high-resolution emoji sets became the standard.

Details

Glyph

♥

Unicode

U+2665

Shortcode

:emoji_u2665:

HTML Entity

♥

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Activities

Subcategory game

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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