Heart with arrow Emoji

Smileys

A vibrant pink or red heart pierced through the center by a sharp, feathered Cupid’s arrow. The arrow typically enters from the top left and exits the bottom right, pinning the heart in place.

Usage Context

This icon acts as a quick visual shorthand for being lovestruck, finding a new crush, or celebrating Valentine’s Day. It captures the sudden, intense impact of romantic attraction and is frequently used alongside 😍 or ❤️ to emphasize deep affection.

History

Based on the mythological figure of Cupid, the Roman god of desire and affection, this image draws from classical iconography of the 'arrow of love.' It was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of a push to modernize digital expressions of romance during the early era of smartphone messaging.

Details

Glyph

💘

Unicode

U+1F498

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f498:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC98;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Smileys

Subcategory heart

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

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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