💖

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💖 U+1F496, 💖
SPARKLING HEART
💕
[U+1F495]
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs 💗
[U+1F497]

Translingual[edit]

Description[edit]

Depiction of a sparkling or shimmering red or pink heart; a love heart with yellow stars around it (but see usage notes).

Etymology[edit]

Introduced in the emoji sets of the Japanese mobile manufacturer au by KDDI in 2003 (as an animated sparkling pink heart), and standardised in Unicode 6.0 in October 2010.

Symbol[edit]

💖 (Internet slang)

  1. Indicates appreciation, admiration, compassion, kindness, happiness or thankfulness.
    Thank you so much! 💖
  2. Indicates love, romance or care; an alternative form of .
    Love ya, sis, you silly goober. 💖 Happy birthday Kayla!! 🍰🥳
  3. Indicates a sweet, happy, teasing or playful tone.
    Hi there~ 💖
  4. Indicates goodwill, approval or support.
    Good luck out there today everyone.. we will win this time I just know it 💖

Usage notes[edit]

  • The design of this symbol varies by platform and emoji set. The most common design, however, is a pink heart with yellowish stars indicating sparkling.
  • In most senses, 💖 may be considered a tamer, more platonic version of by some; however, in the romance sense, it can be seen as either equal to, or more intense than ❤.

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