Meaning
A red or pink heart pierced straight through by an arrow, Cupid-style, in a bold graphic that's both romantic and slightly dramatic. The arrow's shaft runs cleanly through the center, capturing that moment of romantic impact perfectly.
This emoji screams "I'm in love" or "you've got my heart." Use it when you're expressing admiration, sending love to a crush, or celebrating a romantic connection. It's more action-oriented than a static heart—the arrow suggests active emotion, a sudden strike of affection. People often use it in captions about their partner, in flirty messages, or to react to something irresistibly attractive.
The Cupid reference adds playfulness; it's not overly serious, so it works for light-hearted flirtation as well as genuine romance. It can also express the feeling of being "struck" by someone's charm or beauty. The emoji works great for love declarations, relationship announcements, or simply gushing about someone you're into.
Approved in Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, this arrow-through-heart design brings a timeless Cupid mythology into modern digital romance, making feelings feel both ancient and immediate.
Common Uses
- • Declaring romantic feelings or crush energy
- • Reacting to something or someone attractive
- • Celebrating a romantic partner or relationship
- • Expressing love at first sight or admiration
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The heart-with-arrow design draws directly from Renaissance and classical Cupid imagery, making it one of emoji's most historically rooted romantic symbols.
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Platform Shortcodes
:cupid: :cupid: :cupid: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 💘 |
| HTML (hex) | 💘 |
| CSS | \1F498 |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDC98 |
| Python | \U0001F498 |
| Java | \uD83D\uDC98 |
| Perl | \x{1F498} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F498} |
| Punycode | xn--2qvs |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%92%98 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0x98 |
💘 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | তীর বিদ্ধ হার্ট |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 心中箭了 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 丘比特 |
| Danish | hjerte med pil |
| Dutch | hart met pijl |
| English | heart with arrow |
| English (UK) | heart with arrow |
| Estonian | noolega süda |
| Finnish | sydän ja nuoli |
| French | cœur et flèche |
| German | Herz mit Pfeil |
| Hindi | दिल और तीर |
| Hungarian | nyíllal átlőtt szív |
| Italian | cuore con freccia |
| Japanese | ハートに矢 |
| Korean | 화살이 꽂힌 하트 |
| Lithuanian | širdelė su strėle |
| Malay | hati ditembusi anak panah |
| Norwegian | hjerte med pil |
| Polish | serce przebite strzałą |
| Portuguese | coração com flecha |
| Russian | сердце, пронзенное стрелой |
| Spanish | corazón con flecha |
| Spanish (Mexico) | corazón con flecha |
| Swedish | hjärta med pil |
| Thai | ศรปักใจ |
| Ukrainian | серце, пробите стрілою |
| Vietnamese | trái tim với mũi tên |