💔 meaning at a glance
- Plain meaning: Heartbreak, grief, disappointment, separation, or sympathy for emotional pain.
- Usual tone: Sad · Sympathetic
- Use with care: Use carefully around serious bereavement or relationship conflict.
- Technical type: Single-Code-Point Emoji from Emoji 0.6
What does 💔 mean in messages?
Heartbreak, grief, disappointment, separation, or sympathy for emotional pain.
Use 💔 for emotional tone, reactions, and conversational nuance. Unicode calls it “broken heart.” That name is a safe, neutral label when the social meaning is not clear.
For a wider view, browse smileys & emotion emoji, use the emoji meaning finder, or read the emoji meanings in context guide.
Example messages with 💔
Unicode construction and code points
This copyable emoji is a single-code-point emoji. It uses 1 core Unicode code point: U+1F494 broken heart.
U+1F494broken heartVersion and platform support
The broken heart emoji was introduced in Emoji 0.6 and is classified in the heart subgroup. This emoji has broad support on modern platforms, but its artwork can still differ substantially between vendors.
Names, keywords, and classification
The standardized name is “broken heart.” Search terms indexed for this entry include broken, heart. It belongs to Smileys & Emotion and the heart subgroup. These labels help identify and find the character; they do not prove a sender’s intended tone.
Accessibility and clear wording
For alt text, start with “broken heart.” Use clearer words when the emoji is only decoration, a metaphor, or slang.
Do not use this emoji as the only carrier of an emergency, deadline, consent decision, medical instruction, or other high-stakes message. The character is standardized, but Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, and social platforms supply different artwork.