Technical information

Symbol
NameHeavy black heart
Unicode numberU+2764
CategoryHeart Symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character ❤, or U+2764, is known as the "Heavy Black Heart". It is a part of the "Dingbats" block, which includes a series of ornamental symbols that are not specific to an alphabetical or numerical system. This character falls under the "Symbol, Other" category. Visually, it appears as a traditionally-shaped heart symbol filled in with black. This character is commonly used to express love, affection, and similar emotions. Its "heavy" attribute refers to its filled, solid appearance compared to other heart symbols. In digital communication, it is widely used in messages and social media to denote love, liking, or affection towards someone or something.

Encoding

HTML Entity❤
HTML Entity (hex)❤
URL Escape Code%E2%9D%A4
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9D 0xA4
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011101:10100100
UTF-160x2764
UTF-320x00002764

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2764"
CSS Code\2764
JavaScript"\u2764"
Perl\x{2764}
Python 2u"\u2764"
Python 3\u2764
Ruby\u{2764}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ❤ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

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72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#10084;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2764";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References