U+2764 · emoji since 2010
The red heart is the classic, no asterisks way to say love. Partners send it, parents send it, best friends send it, and it lands the same everywhere: I care about you, full stop.
It's also the workhorse of warm reactions. People tap it onto photos, good news, and kind messages when words feel like too much or not enough. Among all the colored hearts, red is the one that never needs explaining.
In texting, ❤️ does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and ❤️ is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Red Heart emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the red heart emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The ❤️ leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.