Heart
| <3 |
Direction |
Horizontal (tilted 90° to the right) |
| Shortcut |
Facebook
Google Gmail
Twitch
Windows 8 Messaging
|
| Popularity |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Popular |
| Updated |
March 17, 2009 |
| Description: The heart emoticon is used to represent love. For example, someone might type, "I <3 u" to another person. |
| ♥ |
Direction |
Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut |
No
|
| Popularity |
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Common |
| Updated |
December 13, 2010 |
| Description: You can copy and paste this heart in an e-mail, chat session, or text message. You can also press Alt+3 on the numeric keypad in Windows or use the Character Palette in Mac OS X. |
| S2 |
Direction |
Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut |
No
|
| Popularity |
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Average |
| Updated |
July 30, 2009 |
| Description: The S and 2 come together to create a vertical heart. |
| <u3 |
Direction |
Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut |
No
|
| Popularity |
★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ Uncommon |
| Updated |
January 3, 2009 |
| Description: The "u" is inside the heart (<3). Therefore, it means "You are in my heart." |
| (h) |
Direction |
Text (used as a shortcut) |
| Shortcut |
Skype
|
| Popularity |
★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ Uncommon |
| Updated |
June 26, 2012 |
| Description: Inserts a pulsing heart image in Skype chat. |
| »-(¯`·.·´¯)-> |
Direction |
Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut |
No
|
| Popularity |
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Rare |
| Updated |
August 11, 2011 |
| Description: An elaborate text version of an arrow being shot through a heart. |
| (l) |
Direction |
Text (used as a shortcut) |
| Shortcut |
Skype
|
| Popularity |
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Rare |
| Updated |
June 26, 2012 |
| Description: A Skype-specific shortcut that inserts a heart into chat, the same as (h) and (heart). |
| (heart) |
Direction |
Text (used as a shortcut) |
| Shortcut |
Skype
|
| Popularity |
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Rare |
| Updated |
June 26, 2012 |
| Description: The same as (h) and (l) for Skype chat; inserts a beating heart. |
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