Copy and paste the Sparkling Heart emoji (💖) in one click. Explore its Smileys & Emotion meaning, modern texting slang, chat examples, and Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) developer codes (U+1F496).
Unicode Definition: A pink or magenta heart with two or three shimmering gold or yellow four-point stars twinkling beside it.
Context & Expression: Radiates bubbly affection, adoration, magical excitement, and sweet tender love.
Context Tip: Pairing Sparkling Heart (💖) with complementary emojis or tone indicators helps clarify intent across iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.
Widely used in fandoms, cute aesthetics, and heartfelt friendships to express love with a magical, glittery flair.
Combine 💖 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.
See how the Sparkling Heart emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.
Look at the adoption photos of the rescue kitten we brought home!
Look at those tiny paws, my heart is completely melting 💖
He's already purring on my lap!
Apple renders yellow sparkles on a glossy magenta heart; Google features teal-and-gold glimmers; Microsoft uses clean flat pink shapes.
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 | Sparkling Heart |
| Unicode Code Point | U+1F496 |
| HTML Decimal Entity | 💖 |
| HTML Hex Entity | 💖 |
| CSS Escape Code | \01F496 |
| JavaScript / ES6 Escape | \u{1F496} |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 92 96 |
| Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub) | :sparkling_heart: |
| Emoji / Unicode Version | Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
| Category & Subgroup | Smileys & Emotion (love) |
Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.
Radiates bubbly affection, adoration, magical excitement, and sweet tender love. It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion category and was standardized in Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010).
Widely used in fandoms, cute aesthetics, and heartfelt friendships to express love with a magical, glittery flair.
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+1F496 (Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)). In HTML use 💖 or 💖; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F496"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F496}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :sparkling_heart:.
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