Represents gentle, sweet love — softer than ❤️ and more emotional than 💕. It’s often used to show affection, admiration, or emotional closeness without sounding too intense.
You post a throwback of your friends’ trip.
Still my favorite people 🩷
🩷
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- Unicode
- U+1FA77
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- Fully-qualified
- Emoji version
- E15.0
pink heart
Definitions & examples
Commonly used for friendship, self-love, or aesthetic appreciation (like pastel vibes or “soft girl” moodboards).
In Japanese chats, 🩷 blends kawaii sweetness with modern femininity — it’s often paired with sparkles or emoticons like “🩷✨” to show warm excitement or gratitude. In South Korea, it appears in influencer captions or fan posts as a trendy alternative to 💖, seen as stylish and emotionally refined.
Though it feels new and friendly, don’t overuse it in professional settings — it can read as overly sentimental or informal.
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Differences between 🩷 (pink heart) and 💕 (two hearts)
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Both 🩷 and 💕 convey tender, affectionate feelings and are suited to warm, sentimental messages between people who care for each other; they both feel softer than a bold ❤️ and communicate emotional closeness rather than grand passion. The key difference is that 🩷 leans toward gentle, slightly more personal or admiring expressions—quiet fondness, thankfulness, or subtle romantic interest—whereas 💕 emphasizes mutual, shared warmth and a supportive “we” energy that fits close friendships, couples, or moments celebrating togetherness; use 🩷 to signal individual tenderness or admiration and 💕 to highlight reciprocal connection and cozy camaraderie.
Usage
Use 🩷 when you want to express gentle, personal affection or admiration quietly and sweetly. Use 💕 when you want to emphasize mutual warmth and a shared, supportive bond between two people.
Differences between 🩷 (pink heart) and ❤️ (red heart)
More on red heart
Both 🩷 pink heart and ❤️ red heart convey affection and emotional warmth, and both are used to express care, closeness, and positive feelings toward someone; they overlap in signaling love and support in personal messages, reactions, and declarations of fondness. The differences lie in intensity and tone: 🩷 pink heart feels softer, more tender and emotionally nuanced, suited for gentle admiration, casual affection, or building warmth without heavy commitment, while ❤️ red heart reads as direct, unambiguous devotion and deep love, fitting declarations of serious romance, enduring care, or pivotal emotional moments. Use 🩷 pink heart to keep things sweet, light, and emotionally intimate but not overwhelming, and use ❤️ red heart when you want a straightforward, sincere, timeless expression that leaves no doubt about the depth of your feeling.
Usage
You might send 🩷 pink heart to a close friend or new romantic interest to express fondness and emotional closeness without intense declaration. You might send ❤️ red heart to a partner or family member to convey deep, clear love and lasting commitment.
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