Heart Emoji Meanings Explained
EMOJIS have become an integral part of our text message conversations over the years.
We all use the red love heart, but there are plenty of other heart variations you can use. Here’s the lowdown.
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What do the different heart emojis mean?
Apple and Android are constantly adding new emojis.
There are many different colored heart emojis, but they all have a different meaning.
Let’s take a look at them:
Red heart
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Meaning
This classic love heart emoticon represents true love.
It can express any romantic or positive emotion, such as affection, gratitude and appreciation.
It is said that this heart is used in eight out of every 1,000 tweets per year.
Usage
You can use it to convey passion and romance and you can send it to your long-term partner or your best friends.
Blue heart
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Meaning
The blue heart can also symbolize trust, harmony, peace and loyalty.
While the red color is more associated with romance, this heart emphasizes friendship and platonic love.
Usage
This icon has been adopted by people who want to show their support for Autism Awareness.
It is also used to pay tribute to medical personnel.
Purple heart
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Meaning
The purple heart is normally used to show sensitivity and compassionate love.
It can also be used to symbolize wealth.
Usage
When users share photos of their makeup or outfit on social media, they often tag them with a purple heart.
The Purple Heart is also a medal awarded by the US military, which is why some people choose to use it on that occasion.
K-Pop fans, especially BTS, use it to express their love for the iconic boy band.
White heart
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Meaning
With the white heart you can show pure love, which cannot be destroyed.
Sometimes it also shows love to someone who has experienced a loss.
Usage
This heart can symbolize a parent’s love for a child, or a love that will stand the test of time.
You can send this emoji to close family members, but don’t send it to someone you just met.
Black heart
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Meaning
Some Internet users use this option when they want to express some form of black humor.
This emoji is also popular among alternative music lovers.
Usage
When used in the opposite context of the red heart, this black icon can symbolize morbidity or sadness, but it can also simply fit a darker aesthetic.
Thanks to the Black Lives Matter movement, people are also starting to campaign online for this great cause.
Yellow heart
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Meaning
If the shape is colored yellow or gold, it represents happiness and friendship. It can also show interest in someone. Yellow is also normally used to represent happiness.
Usage
On Snapchat, this heart icon appears next to the name of the person you have the most snaps with, indicating that it is one of your best friends.
Green heart
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Meaning
Another name for this icon is the “jealous heart emoji”.
This is often used as a symbol for platonic friendship.
Usage
In addition to indicating feelings of jealousy, it sometimes has connotations of organic and healthy living. It can be used to respond to messages about green things – such as nature and sports.
Pink heart
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Meaning
The pink heart is a sincere and unromantic representation of love from one person to another. On the other hand, it can sometimes show passion, happiness, excitement and even obsession.
Usage
Like the red heart, the pink heart symbolizes the genuine care one feels for another. The difference is that the symbol relates to platonic relationships in your life.
It’s best to save this for friends and family or someone you’re in the early stages of a relationship with.
If you’re planning to go to a concert of one of your favorite artists with one of your best friends, you can show how excited you are with this emoji.
Sparkling heart
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Meaning
The sparkling heart, also known as the star heart emoji, shows love and affection, often with a cheerful, playful or sweet tone.
Usage
This emoticon is often used by Instagrammers to draw attention to their posts.
Thanks to the gold and red theme, it can also be used around the holidays.
Sometimes it can also show peace on earth and goodwill towards others.
Beating heart
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Meaning
Also known as the heart alarm emoji, this icon is a more intense form of the classic heart emoji.
Usage
It is often used by people who get nervous when sending a message to their loved one.
Growing heart
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Meaning
The pink emoji, which looks like hearts inside another heart, was created to give the impression that the heart is getting bigger and bigger.
Usage
It is used to express growing feelings and is sometimes used by texters who feel like they are falling in love.
You can also use this to show your appreciation to someone who does something nice for you.
Broken heart
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Meaning
Also known as the broken heart emoji, this emoji represents the time when love turns sour.
It symbolizes pain, despair and negative feelings of sadness.
Usage
It is often used to express feelings of suffering, betrayal and broken trust.
For example, you see this when someone has kicked the bucket or feels broken.
Orange heart
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Meaning
You can use the orange heart emoji to express feelings of serenity, care, and comfort, as the color is often associated with warmth and light.
Usage
This can be used for friends to send encouragement and support. When people are a little shy at first, they can also use this emoji.
Heart with arrow
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Meaning
This heart, struck by Cupid’s arrow, symbolizes falling in love or new love.
Usage
Use this at the beginning of a romance to show you’re in love, or use it on Valentine’s Day to be extra cute and show your love.
Heart exclamation mark
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Meaning
This heart is an extension of an exclamation mark and shows how enthusiastic you are about a subject.
Usage
This can be used casually or to show excitement. You can select this heart if you completely agree with someone, or if you want to show your excitement about something.
Heart with bow
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Meaning
This heart emoji with a bow symbolizes giving your heart to someone, as if it were a gift.
It means that your heart needs to be protected.
Usage
Send this to the person you love to show your devotion.
Brown heart
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Meaning
This heart radiates love and affection.
However, it also symbolizes racial equality and justice and sometimes sends a message of solidarity.
Usage
This can be used in a similar way to the black heart, which shows support for Black Lives Matter.
