<3Hearts Emoticons & Kaomoji
Show some love with classic Western emoticons like <3 and :-* that you read sideways, alongside expressive heart kaomoji made from ♥ and ♡ symbols. Copy and paste any of these heart faces to add a little romance to your chats, captions and bios.
13 Western · 46 kaomoji
Hearts Emoticons
Western emoticons are read sideways ( :) ); kaomoji are read upright ( ^_^ ).
About these emoticons
Hearts are less a single feeling than a decorative motif you can drop onto almost any message. The Western style leans on the sideways heart <3 — tilt your head left and the 3 becomes two rounded bumps — while the kaomoji style builds little characters around the ♥ and ♡ symbols themselves, so the whole face reads as affection rather than just a plain smile.
Because they signal warmth without spelling it out, heart faces slot naturally into Instagram captions and bios, Discord messages, group chats, forum sign-offs and comment replies. A face like (♥ω♥*) — eyes swapped for hearts, smitten and starry — works when you're gushing over a photo, a crush or a favourite song, while a plain <333 stacks the love higher the more 3s you add.
Not every heart is happy: </3 is the classic cracked or broken heart for heartbreak and dramatic sulking, so the set covers longing as well as devotion. Copy-and-paste means you never have to hunt for special keys — tap a face and it lands as plain text that survives across phones, browsers and apps without turning into a coloured emoji.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type a heart like <3 in a message?
- You don't have to type it — tap any face on this page to copy it, then paste it into your text box. The Western <3 is just a less-than sign and a 3; read sideways it forms a heart, and adding more 3s (<33, <333) makes the gesture bigger.
- What does </3 mean?
- </3 is a broken heart — the slash cracks the <3 down the middle. People use it for heartbreak, missing someone, or playfully sulking, so it's the sad counterpart to the loving hearts in this set.
- Will these hearts show up on iPhone, Android and Instagram?
- Yes. Every face here is plain Unicode text, so it pastes into iMessage, Instagram captions and bios, Discord and almost any app without turning into a coloured emoji or a broken box.
- Are heart kaomoji free to use?
- Completely — no account, sign-up or download needed. Just tap a heart face to copy it, then paste it wherever you like.