Heart exclamation

Meaning and uses

A heavy heart sitting on a dot, shaped like an exclamation mark. It adds emphasis to a loving message, and because it is also an emoji, some apps draw it in red. Use it to end a caption with warmth instead of a plain exclamation mark.

Unicode details

❣ is the Unicode character named HEAVY HEART EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT, code point U+2763, in the Dingbats block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).

It can also appear as an emoji, listed under the name “heart exclamation”. Plain text is its default, but some apps draw it in colour anyway. Adding the invisible variation selector U+FE0F after it asks for the emoji style, and U+FE0E asks for plain text.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type ❣

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• On a phone, it is on the emoji keyboard: search for “heart exclamation”. On Windows, press the Windows key and the full stop (Win+.) to open the emoji panel and search there.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “heart exclamation”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2763, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ❣. In a CSS content property, use "\2763".