What Does 💔 Mean?
Broken Heart is the emoji of heartbreak — romantic loss, grief, and deep sadness. It's one of the most emotionally direct emojis, leaving little room for ambiguity. Used for relationship endings, losing someone you love, or anything that breaks your heart.
Cultural context: Universal across all cultures. The broken heart is one of humanity's oldest metaphors for emotional pain. Used in both sincere and hyperbolic contexts ("My team lost 💔").
When to Use 💔
✓ Good for
- Expressing heartbreak or loss
- Reacting to sad news
- Relationship endings
- Empathising with someone's grief
✗ Avoid when
- Casual use can trivialise genuine grief
Example Usage
How 💔 Looks on Different Platforms
A red heart split in two. Consistent across all platforms.
* Emoji appearance varies by platform and OS version. Shown above: how the emoji character renders in your browser per platform.
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About the Broken Heart Emoji
The Broken Heart emoji (💔) is one of the most recognised symbols in digital communication. Broken Heart is the emoji of heartbreak — romantic loss, grief, and deep sadness. It's one of the most emotionally direct emojis, leaving little room for ambiguity. Used for relationship endings, losing someone you love, or anything that breaks your heart.
First introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010), it belongs to the Symbols category
of the Unicode Emoji standard. Its Unicode codepoint is U+1F494
and its Slack/Discord shortcode is :broken_heart:.
Whether you want to know what 💔 means in a text, how it appears on iPhone vs Android, or when you should (and shouldn't) use it — this guide covers everything. Use the copy button above to instantly copy the Broken Heart emoji to your clipboard.