Growing heart Emoji

Smileys

A series of three pink hearts in varying sizes, nested inside one another to create an expanding effect. The visual style suggests a rhythmic pulsing or a rapid growth in intensity.

Usage Context

Used to show feelings that are building up or becoming overwhelming, like falling in love, feeling excitement, or experiencing a sudden rush of affection. It is a more intense version of the standard ❤️ and often signals that the sender is feeling butterflies or significant nervousness.

History

Part of the expansion of emoji sets in the early 2010s, this design gained popularity on mobile messaging platforms in Japan before being integrated into Unicode 6.0 in 2010. It was created to help digital users express a more dynamic range of emotions that static heart icons couldn't quite capture.

Details

Glyph

💗

Unicode

U+1F497

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f497:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC97;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory heart

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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

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