= valentine → 2764 ❤ heavy black heart → 1F499 💙 blue heart ⁓ 2665 FE0E text style ⁓ 2665 FE0F emoji style
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The heart suit is the classic playing-card heart—think poker night meets Valentine’s Day, with a dash of Queen of Hearts energy. Online, it’s the chic, low-key cousin of the big glossy red heart, perfect for soft approval, gentle affection, or as a stylish divider in bios and captions. People drop it for flirty punctuation, subtle “ily” vibes, or that Southern “bless your heart ♥️” that may or may not be sweet (read the tone, bestie). It also pops in posts about card games, casino aesthetics, or anything that needs a touch of romance without going full rom-com.
On Apple/iOS, the heart suit shows up as a deep-red, flat 2D heart with a sharp, pointed base and smooth, symmetrical lobes—clean, simple, no face, no sparkle, just crisp geometry. It looks narrower and more card-like than the rounder, glossy ❤️, and often reads as slightly more elegant or vintage. Depending on font or platform, it can shift to a more text-style look, which adds to its “minimalist symbol” charm.
Culturally, it calls back to the hearts suit in bridge, poker, and the trick-taking game Hearts, plus the whole Alice in Wonderland court-of-hearts vibe. In meme and stan culture, it’s used for understated adoration, aesthetic moodboards, or to keep things cute-but-not-crying. Perfect for “love, but make it casino” energy, or when you want affection with a wink rather than fireworks.
Definition
White Playing card with a red heart on it. iEmoji old name: Hearts Card.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
