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💖 Sparkling heart

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Category: Smileys & Emotion
Subcategory: Hearts
Shortcode
Unicode version: 6.0 (2010)
Emoji version: 0.6 (2010)
Status: fully-qualified

What the 💖 emoji means

A pink heart ringed with sparkles. Affection with a bit of shine on it — fond rather than serious.

The sparkles do the work: they lift the heart out of the romantic register and into the cheerful one. Common in praise and in thank-yous.

Chat examples

Will your readers see 💖

The symbol predates 2018, so every system in use today draws it. Safe for an email, a heading or a signature.

Apple always there
Google always there
Microsoft always there
Samsung always there

Checked against release descriptions on August 31, 2026. When new emoji reach devices.

Where the 💖 emoji is used

The 💖 smiley copies in one tap and pastes into a chat as text, not as a picture: it is a Unicode symbol, so it works the same in WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord and in a post caption. Every platform draws emoji its own way — below you can see how sparkling heart is drawn in the open Noto, OpenMoji and Twemoji sets.

How the smiley looks on different platforms

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💖 Your deviceNative system font
Noto Color Emoji Apache License 2.0 💾 SVG
OpenMoji CC BY-SA 4.0 💾 SVG
Twemoji CC BY 4.0 💾 SVG

Only openly licensed emoji sets are shown. Artwork from Apple, Samsung and other closed platforms is not reproduced. Emoji fonts and image sets.

Emoji codes for developers

Name in other languages

English	sparkling heart
Русский	сверкающее сердце
Deutsch	funkelndes Herz
Español	corazón brillante
Français	cœur étincelant
Polski	migoczące serce
Dansk	hjerte med stjerner
Українська	серце, що виблискує
Português	coração brilhante

Unicode CLDR 48

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