The Black Heart is a heart symbol in the Colored Hearts family. Solid black heart emoji (distinct from the text suit ♥). Reads as goth, dark humor, mourning, or BLM solidarity depending on context.
Click the 🖤 above to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it into Instagram bios, TikTok captions, WhatsApp messages, Discord channels, Twitter/X posts, or anywhere else you write text. Full-color heart emoji across the rainbow plus modern additions like pink, light blue, and grey.
Using Black Heart in your bios, captions and messages
Bios & dating profiles
Hearts are the universal "what I'm about" signal in Instagram and TikTok bios. Drop 🖤 between sections — name, role, link in bio — to soften the layout. On Hinge/Bumble bios, hearts make a profile read warm rather than transactional.
Compatibility
This is an emoji glyph that renders in color on modern devices. Older iOS/Android (pre-2022 for newer color hearts) may show fallbacks or tofu boxes.
Tone & meaning
Versatile — readable as friendly, romantic, or aesthetic depending on context. The most reliable heart character for ambiguous-relationship texts.
More Colored Hearts
Frequently asked questions
What does the Black Heart symbol mean?
Black Heart 🖤 is a heart in the Colored Hearts family. Solid black heart emoji (distinct from the text suit ♥). Reads as goth, dark humor, mourning, or BLM solidarity depending on context.
How do I type 🖤 on a keyboard?
Click the 🖤 at the top of this page — it copies to your clipboard instantly. On Mac you can also press Option+Shift+2 for ™, but there is no built-in keyboard shortcut for most hearts. You can enter it via Unicode input as U+1F5A4.
Is Black Heart appropriate for a non-romantic context?
Yes — most hearts read as friendly affection or general "love" rather than strictly romantic. Context (and the recipient) shapes the read.
Will 🖤 render correctly on every device?
On modern iOS (≥14), Android (≥11), Mac, Windows 10+, and modern browsers — yes. Some newer hearts (🩷 🩵 🩶 added 2022, 🫀 🫁 🫶 added 2021-22) and ZWJ combos (❤️🔥) require recent OS versions; older devices may show fallbacks.