💜 Purple heart emoji: meaning, copy and paste

How to type it

Windows 10/11

Press Win + . (period) and start typing "143".

Mac

Press Ctrl + Cmd + Space (or 🌐 + E) and search for "143".

iPhone, Android

Open the emoji keyboard, tap search and type "143".

GitHub, Slack, Discord

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

Word

Type 1F49C and press Alt + X.

What does 💜 mean?

Purple heart: love and fandom, famously used by K-pop fans (BTS ARMY). Also used for causes tied to the colour purple.

Its official Unicode name is PURPLE HEART and its CLDR short name is "purple heart" (in Hungarian: "lila szív"). 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
bestest
emotion
heart
ily
love
purple

In Hungarian: lila, 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+1F49C. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.

Technical details

Official name: PURPLE HEART
Hungarian name (CLDR): lila szív
English name (CLDR): purple heart
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
Group: Smileys & Emotion · heart
Length: 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
Shortcode: :purple_heart:

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Frequently asked questions

What does the 💜 emoji mean?

Purple heart: love and fandom, famously used by K-pop fans (BTS ARMY). Also used for causes tied to the colour purple.

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 "143".

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.