broken heart Emoji
💔 · U+1F494 · Emoji 0.6
What does the broken heart emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
The broken heart emoji 💔 shows heartbreak, sadness or loss. People use it after a breakup, bad news or to say something is emotionally painful.
How to copy the broken heart emoji
To use the broken heart emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F494), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
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broken heart emoji on different platforms
How the broken heart emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.
broken heart Emoji Details
| Emoji | 💔 |
| Name | broken heart |
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Codepoints | U+1F494 |
| Shortcode | :broken_heart: |
| Emoji version | 0.6 |
| Unicode version | 0.6 |
broken heart Emoji FAQ
The broken heart emoji 💔 shows heartbreak, sadness or loss. People use it after a breakup, bad news or to say something is emotionally painful.
Tap the Copy button at the top of this page, then paste 💔 wherever you type. Because it copies the real Unicode character, it works in every app on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.
It is U+1F494, introduced in Emoji version 0.6 (Unicode 0.6). Its shortcode is :broken_heart:.
People also search for the broken heart emoji as break, broken, crushed, emotion, heart.