Heavy Black Heart
The heavy heart is the base character behind the red heart emoji. Pasted as plain text it usually shows as a bold black heart, and as an emoji where colour rendering is on. Reach for ❤ in bios, captions and messages, where a plain keyboard falls short. It is cataloged at Unicode code point U+2764 in the hearts set, so it renders the same real text character in every app that supports the font, not a pasted image.
| Symbol | ❤ | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2764 | |
| Name | Heavy Black Heart | |
| HTML (decimal) | ❤ | |
| HTML (hex) | ❤ | |
| CSS content | \2764 | |
| JavaScript / JSON | \u2764 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | 0xE2 0x9D 0xA4 | |
| UTF-16 units | 0x2764 |
How to type the heavy black heart symbol
- Copy and paste: click the ❤ at the top of this page, then paste with Ctrl+V (Windows) or Cmd+V (Mac). This is the fastest route on any device.
- HTML: write
❤in your markup. - CSS: use
content: "\2764"in a::beforeor::afterrule. - JavaScript: the escape
\u2764produces this character in a string.
Frequently asked questions
How do I copy the heavy black heart symbol?
Click the ❤ above or the copy button and it is placed on your clipboard. Paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. It is a real text character, so it works in documents, chats and code.
What is the Unicode code point for heavy black heart?
The heavy black heart has the Unicode code point U+2764. In HTML you can write it as ❤ or ❤.
Does the heavy black heart symbol work everywhere?
In almost every modern app and font, yes. If a font does not include this glyph you may see a placeholder box, but the underlying character U+2764 is still correct and will render in a font that supports it.
Related symbols
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