= valentine → 2764 ❤ heavy black heart → 1F499 💙 blue heart ⁓ 2665 FE0E text style ⁓ 2665 FE0F emoji style
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Think court-of-hearts meets the card table: the symbol hails from the hearts suit in bridge, poker, and the trick-taking game Hearts, with a dash of Alice in Wonderland pageantry. In meme and stan circles it broadcasts understated adoration and fuels aesthetic moodboards—cute, not crying—serving “love, but make it casino” energy and affection with a wink instead of fireworks.
At its core it’s the classic playing-card heart—poker night colliding with Valentine’s, plus a touch of Queen of Hearts attitude. Online it acts as the chic, low-key cousin to the glossy ❤️: used for soft approval, gentle affection, flirty punctuation, or a subtle “ily.” It doubles as a stylish divider in bios and captions, and powers that Southern “bless your heart ♥️” that may or may not be sweet (check the tone, bestie). It also shines in posts about card games, casino aesthetics, or whenever you want romance without going full rom-com.
On Apple/iOS it appears as a deep-red, flat 2D heart with a sharp point and smooth, symmetrical lobes—no face, no sparkle, just crisp geometry. It’s narrower and more card-like than the rounder, glossy ❤️, often reading a touch more elegant or vintage. Depending on font or platform, it can shift toward a text-style glyph, reinforcing its minimalist-symbol vibe.
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)]
