Broken heart emoji 💔
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F494
What 💔 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Broken heart 💔 is tagged with these keywords: break, broken, crushed, emotion, heart, heartbroken, lonely, sad.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing break or broken in the emoji search brings up 💔.
Broken heart 💔 is one of 25 emoji in the hearts subgroup of smileys & emotion (172 emoji), next to ❤️🔥 ❤️🩹 ❤️ 🩷.
Will 💔 show on my friend's phone?
💔 is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type 💔
Any emoji picker finds 💔 when you search for broken heart.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type broken heart.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type broken heart in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type broken heart.
Codes for developers
Broken heart 💔 is a single code point, U+1F494. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F494 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 💔 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 💔 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F494"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F494} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%92%94 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 92 94 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 💔 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | broken heart |
| Português | coração partido |
| Español | corazón roto |
| Italiano | cuore infranto |
| Français | cœur brisé |
| Deutsch | gebrochenes Herz |
| Türkçe | kırık kalp |
| Bahasa Indonesia | patah hati |
| Polski | złamane serce |
| Русский | разбитое сердце |
| 日本語 | 割れたハート |
| 한국어 | 깨진 하트 |
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What does the broken heart emoji mean?
Unicode calls 💔 "broken heart" and links it with break, broken, crushed, emotion. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the hearts subgroup of smileys & emotion.
When was the broken heart emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the broken heart emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 💔 when you search for broken heart.