Hearts
Text heart symbols for love notes, bios and captions — copy any one with a single tap.
8 symbols
About
Every heart on this page is plain Unicode text, not a picture. That is the key difference between a text heart symbol like ♥ and the ❤️ emoji: the emoji renders as a glossy coloured image that looks slightly different on every phone, while a text heart keeps its slim, monochrome outline and simply takes on whatever colour and font the surrounding text uses. Tap or click any glyph and it copies instantly, ready to paste into a caption, document or message.
The two you will reach for most are the filled ♥ and the outline ♡. ♥ is the solid “black heart suit” — it prints black inside black text and red on a red button, because it only follows the colour around it — while ♡ is the very same shape left hollow, which reads softer and more delicate. On Windows you can even type the filled one without copying: hold Alt and tap 3 on the numeric keypad and ♥ appears.
Beyond that pair, this page collects the decorative hearts that printers have used for centuries. ❤ and ❣ are the heavy, bold versions; ❥ is a heart tilted into a little bullet; and ❦ and ❧ are “floral hearts” — the leaf-shaped ornaments (fleurons) traditionally set between paragraphs or at the end of a chapter. ღ is a curiosity, technically a Georgian letter, but its round, plump shape has made it a bio favourite for a soft hand-drawn feel.
Because these are text, they behave beautifully in bios and usernames. Drop a ♡ between two words as a spacer, bookend your Instagram or TikTok bio with ❦ … ❧, or trail a message with ❣ instead of the loud red emoji. They copy and paste the same way on iPhone, Android, Windows and the web, and they will not suddenly balloon in size the way an emoji can inside a line of text.
One thing to watch: a few apps quietly “upgrade” a bare ♥ or ❤ into the colour emoji ❤️ by attaching a hidden variation selector. If your flat text heart turns glossy and red after you send it, that is why. To keep the plain look, paste it somewhere that respects text styling (a bio field or a notes app usually does), or delete the extra emoji-styling character your keyboard slipped in.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I copy a heart symbol?
- Tap or click the heart you want and it is copied to your clipboard automatically. Then paste it wherever you need it — long-press then Paste on a phone, or Ctrl/Cmd+V on a computer. No keyboard shortcut or app required.
- Why does my heart turn into an emoji?
- Some apps auto-convert a plain ♥ or ❤ into the coloured ❤️ emoji by adding a hidden “emoji” variation selector. Paste into a field that keeps text styling, or remove that extra character, to hold on to the flat monochrome look.
- How do I type a black heart?
- On Windows, hold Alt and type 3 on the numeric keypad to get ♥. Everywhere else — iPhone, Android, Mac, Chromebook — the fastest way is to copy ♥ from this page and paste it.
- What is the difference between ♥ and ♡?
- ♥ is filled (the solid “black heart suit”) and ♡ is the same shape left as an outline. Both take the colour of the surrounding text, so ♥ is not always literally black — it just matches whatever colour your text is.
- Are text hearts okay for an Instagram bio?
- Yes — they are ordinary Unicode characters, so they show up on virtually every device and won’t break your layout. Outline ♡ and the floral ❦ ❧ are especially popular as tidy, low-key bio accents.
- What are ❦ and ❧?
- They are “floral hearts” or fleurons — decorative leaf ornaments that printers use as dividers or end-of-section marks. They work best as symmetrical bookends around a name or a single line of text.