Copy and paste the Broken Heart emoji (💔) in one click. Explore its Symbols meaning, modern texting slang, chat examples, and Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) developer codes (U+1F494).
Unicode Definition: A red heart fractured down the middle with an irregular zigzag jagged crack.
Context & Expression: Represents heartbreak, emotional grief, romantic betrayal, disappointment, or sympathetic sadness.
Context Tip: Pairing Broken Heart (💔) with complementary emojis or tone indicators helps clarify intent across iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.
Used seriously for breakups and losses, or hyperbolically when a favorite sports team loses or your coffee spills.
Combine 💔 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.
See how the Broken Heart emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.
Did you hear the concert got canceled last minute due to the storm?
No way... I've had these tickets for eight months 💔 devastated
I know, let's hope they reschedule soon.
Apple depicts a deep jagged rift with shaded depth; Google shows a clean white geometric split line; Microsoft features two distinct separated heart halves.
High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting
System Font: 'Apple Color Emoji'| Platform / Vendor | Glyph Preview | System Emoji Font | Rendering Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iOS / macOS | 💔 | Apple Color Emoji | High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting |
| Google Android | 💔 | Noto Color Emoji | Clean, rounded Noto Color Emoji vector geometry |
| Samsung One UI | 💔 | Samsung Color Emoji | Vibrant high-contrast One UI color styling |
| Microsoft Windows | 💔 | Segoe UI Emoji | Fluent Design 3D shading (renders 2-letter ISO codes for country flags) |
| X / Discord (Twemoji) | 💔 | Twitter Color Emoji | Flat minimalist Twemoji SVG iconography |
Verified Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS/JS escapes, UTF-8 bytes, and version data.
| Character | 💔 |
|---|---|
| Official Unicode Name | Broken Heart |
| Unicode Code Point | U+1F494 |
| HTML Decimal Entity | 💔 |
| HTML Hex Entity | 💔 |
| CSS Escape Code | \01F494 |
| JavaScript / ES6 Escape | \u{1F494} |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 92 94 |
| Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub) | :broken_heart: |
| Emoji / Unicode Version | Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
| Category & Subgroup | Symbols (hearts) |
Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.
Represents heartbreak, emotional grief, romantic betrayal, disappointment, or sympathetic sadness. It belongs to the Symbols category and was standardized in Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010).
Used seriously for breakups and losses, or hyperbolically when a favorite sports team loses or your coffee spills.
Click the "Copy Emoji (💔)" button at the top of this page to copy the character to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux), Cmd+V (macOS), or long-press Paste (iOS/Android) in any app.
The Unicode code point is U+1F494 (Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)). In HTML use 💔 or 💔; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F494"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F494}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :broken_heart:.
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