💖
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Translingual
Description
Depiction of a sparkling or shimmering red or pink heart; a love heart with yellow stars around it (but see usage notes).
Etymology
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
- Indicates appreciation, admiration, compassion, kindness, happiness or thankfulness.
- Thank you so much! 💖
- Indicates love, romance or care; an alternative form of ❤.
- Love ya, sis, you silly goober. 💖 Happy birthday Kayla!! 🍰🥳
- Indicates a sweet, happy, teasing or playful tone.
- Hi there~ 💖
- Indicates goodwill, approval or support.
- Good luck out there today everyone.. we will win this time I just know it 💖
Usage notes
- 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 ❤.
References
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