📖 Emojipedix

Heart With Arrow 💘

Added in Emoji 0.6 · Smileys & Emotion Hearts

Codepoint U+1F498
Shortcode :cupid:
Version Emoji 0.6

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

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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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Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

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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