💌 Love letter emoji: meaning, copy and paste

How to type it

Windows 10/11

Press Win + . (period) and start typing "heart".

Mac

Press Ctrl + Cmd + Space (or 🌐 + E) and search for "heart".

iPhone, Android

Open the emoji keyboard, tap search and type "heart".

GitHub, Slack, Discord

Type :love_letter: – most chat apps accept the same shortcode.

Word

Type 1F48C and press Alt + X.

What does 💌 mean?

Love letter: a love note, a sweet message, an invitation.

Its official Unicode name is LOVE LETTER and its CLDR short name is "love letter" (in Hungarian: "szerelmes levél"). 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).

heart
letter
love
mail
romance
valentine

In Hungarian: levél, romantika, szerelem, szív

Will it look the same for everyone?

Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 💌 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+1F48C. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.

Technical details

Official name: LOVE LETTER
Hungarian name (CLDR): szerelmes levél
English name (CLDR): love letter
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
Group: Smileys & Emotion · heart
Length: 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
Shortcode: :love_letter:

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Frequently asked questions

What does the 💌 emoji mean?

Love letter: a love note, a sweet message, an invitation.

How do I type the 💌 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 "heart".

When was the 💌 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.