U+2665 · Miscellaneous Symbols

Black Heart Suit ♥

The black heart suit is the solid heart from playing cards, and it has become one of the most-used hearts in plain text. It appears in card notation, love notes, social bios and signatures. Despite its name, it usually displays in the text color, and some devices show it in red.

WindowsAlt 3

UnicodeU+2665

HTML♥

♥︎U+2665

Character codes

Unicode code point	`U+2665`
Decimal	`9829`
HTML named entity	`♥`
HTML (hex)	`♥`
HTML (decimal)	`♥`
CSS	`\2665`
JavaScript	`\u2665`
Python	`\u2665`
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 99 A5`
UTF-16	`2665`
URL-encoded	`%E2%99%A5`

Character details

Official name	BLACK HEART SUIT
Unicode block	Miscellaneous Symbols
General category	Other Symbol (So)
SymbolHero category	Hearts
Emoji	Yes – has an emoji presentation

How to type ♥

Windows

Hold Alt and type 3 on the numeric keypad (Num Lock on), then release Alt. Alt 3 uses the code page 437.
Press Win + . to open the emoji panel, then type “black heart suit”.
In Microsoft Word or Outlook: type 2665 then press Alt + X.
Open Character Map (search “Character Map” in Start), tick “Advanced view”, search for “black heart suit”, then Select and Copy.

Mac

Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search “black heart suit”, and double-click the result.
With the Unicode Hex Input keyboard enabled (System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources), hold Option and type 2665.

iPhone & Android

Open the emoji keyboard on iPhone or Android and search “black heart suit”.
Tap Copy at the top of this page, then long-press where you want it and choose Paste.

Docs & web

Google Docs: Insert → Special characters, then search “black heart suit” or enter U+2665.
HTML: ♥ or ♥
Excel / Google Sheets: =UNICHAR(9829)

Examples

A♥ K♥
I ♥ NY
Thanks for everything ♥

Good to know

Don’t mix it up: It is often confused with ❤ (U+2764, HEAVY BLACK HEART), which is larger and commonly displays as the red heart emoji.

Tip: On Windows, Alt + 3 on the numeric keypad produces ♥ in many applications; in HTML, use ♥.

Display: the character itself is always the same code point, but its shape comes from the font on the device showing it. If you see an empty box, the font lacks this glyph—the text is still correct.