What does π mean?
A beating heart: excitement, love, 'my heart is racing'. Vibration lines show the pulse.
Its official Unicode name is BEATING HEART and its CLDR short name is "beating heart" (in Hungarian: "dobogΓ³ szΓv"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- 143
- beating
- cardio
- emotion
- heart
- heartbeat
- ily
- love
- pulsating
- pulse
In Hungarian: Γ©rted dobog a szΓvem, szerelem, szΓv, szΓvdobogΓ‘s
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws π in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F493. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- BEATING HEART
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- dobogΓ³ szΓv
- English name (CLDR)
- beating heart
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion Β· heart
- Length
- 1 code point Β· 4 bytes in UTF-8 Β· 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :heartbeat:
Related emojis
Frequently asked questions
What does the π emoji mean?
A beating heart: excitement, love, 'my heart is racing'. Vibration lines show the pulse.
How do I type the π emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "143".
When was the π emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.