broken heart 💔 Meaning, Copy & Platform Appearance
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To use the broken heart emoji (💔), simply click the button above. It will be automatically copied to your clipboard.
What does 💔 broken heart Mean?
The broken heart 💔 is direct emotional damage — heartbreak, grief, deep disappointment, or empathy with someone else's pain. It's one of the few emojis that is almost never ironic when sent sincerely in private.
- 💡General Use: broken heart
- 📱Social Media: Instagram, TikTok, X
Cultural Meaning & Social Media Tips
Publicly it does double duty: sincere in tragedy threads, hyperbolic in fan culture ("they cancelled the tour 💔"). It's among the oldest emojis (1999 DoCoMo set) and its meaning has never drifted — a rarity in emoji history.
How 💔 Looks on Different Platforms
Emoji designs vary slightly between systems. Here is how the broken heart emoji is rendered on major platforms like Apple, Google, and WhatsApp.
*Images come from open-licensed emoji sets (Twemoji CC BY 4.0, Noto Apache 2.0, OpenMoji CC BY-SA 4.0). Apple and WhatsApp sets are proprietary and cannot be hosted; the "Your Device" card shows your own OS emoji font — on iPhone/Mac that is the Apple design. Click any card to copy the emoji.
When to Use broken heart?
Social Media
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Messaging
Hey, check this out 💔
Reaction
Wow, that's amazing! 💔
Status
Feeling 💔 today
How to Type broken heart on Keyboard?
Windows 10/11 Shortcut
- Windows Key
- . (period)
- Type "broken heart"
- Select 💔
Mac (Macbook) Shortcut
- Control + Command + Space
- Search "broken heart"
- Select 💔
broken heart HTML & CSS Codes
| Property | Value / Code | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode Name | broken heart | |
| Unicode Code | U+1F494 | |
| HTML Entity | 💔 | |
| HTML Hex | 💔 | |
| CSS Content | \01F494 | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F494} | |
| Shortcode (Discord, Slack, GitHub) | :broken_heart: | |
| Emoji Version | Emoji 0.6 | |
| Year Added | 2010 | |
| Skin Tone Support | No |
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Get high-resolution PNG or vector SVG files of this emoji. Perfect for using as stickers in WhatsApp, Discord, or professional projects.
Graphics come from open-licensed sets: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0, Twitter/X), Noto Color Emoji (Apache 2.0, Google) and OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0). Free to use with attribution.
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