Smiling face with hearts Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face with smiling eyes, a closed, happy smile, and three pink hearts floating around its head. It conveys a deep, warm sense of being loved or feeling head-over-heels for someone.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to for showing appreciation, gratitude, or romantic interest. It carries a more intense emotional weight than the standard 😍 and is frequently sent when receiving a thoughtful gift or a sweet compliment.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0, this character was developed to fill the gap between basic affectionate faces and the more intense expression of being 'in love' typically reserved for the ❤️ or 😘.

Details

Glyph

🥰

Unicode

U+1F970

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f970:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD70;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-affection

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

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