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U+2661 · Miscellaneous Symbols

Meaning and uses

The hollow version of the card-suit heart. Its thin outline is a favourite in soft, minimal bios and captions, often paired with dots and stars such as ⋆ and ˚. It displays as plain text rather than a coloured emoji on almost every device.

Unicode details

♡ is the Unicode character named WHITE HEART SUIT, code point U+2661, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Unicode nameWHITE HEART SUIT
Code pointU+2661
BlockMiscellaneous Symbols
AddedUnicode 1.1 (1993)
UTF-8 bytesE2 99 A1
UTF-162661
HTML♡

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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.
  • In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 2661 and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ♡.
  • On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “white heart suit”.
  • On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2661, then Space or Enter.
  • In HTML, use ♡. In a CSS content property, use "\2661".

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