| <3 | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ★ Common | |
| Updated | January 31, 2009 | |
| Description: Represents a heart. Sometimes used at the end of a message to say "Love, [person's name]," i.e. "<3, Britney." | ||
| (>^.^)> <3 <(^.^<) | Direction | Horizontal — Multiple Lines (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ☆ Average | |
| Updated | January 31, 2009 | |
| Description: Shows two people attracted to each other by love. (Should be displayed on one line.) | ||
| ~♥~ | Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | April 28, 2010 | |
| Description: The heart symbol can be entered on a Windows computer by holding Alt and pressing the 3 key on the numeric keypad. Mac users can press Command-Option-T to load the Character Palette, then select the heart from the "Miscellaneous Symbols" section, then press the Insert button. The tildes (~) next to the heart represent strings. | ||