U+1F5A4

Black heart🖤

Black heart is a color emoji character from the Unicode Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, listed here under Hearts & Love. Copy it with one click, or use the hex, octal, decimal and HTML entity codes below to embed it in web pages, code, and documents. It is often searched for as "heart", "love", "black", "dark".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+1F5A4
Decimal
128420
Hex
0x1F5A4
Octal
0o372644

Unicode identity

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Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+1F5A4
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0BLACK HEART
DecimalBase 10128420
HexadecimalBase 160x1F5A4
OctalBase 80o372644
BinaryBase 2000000011111010110100100
General categorySymbol, otherSo
Unicode blockU+1F300–U+1F5FFMiscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
PlaneSupplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP, Plane 1)

HTML & CSS

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HTML entity (decimal)🖤
HTML entity (hex)🖤
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\1F5A4
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%F0%9F%96%A4

Programming languages

FormatValueCopy
JavaScript / TypeScript\u{1F5A4}
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\uD83D\uDDA4
Python\U0001F5A4
Java / C# / Kotlin\uD83D\uDDA4

Byte encodings

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UTF-84 bytesF0 9F 96 A4
UTF-16 (BE)D83D DDA4
UTF-32 (BE)0001F5A4

How to type Black heart

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +1F5A4 with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type 1F5A4 then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 1F5A4. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Black heart".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 1f5a4, then press Space or Enter in GTK apps. IBus and most terminals support the same sequence.

  • HTML, CSS & code

    Paste the character directly, or use the escapes above: 🖤 in HTML, \1F5A4 in CSS, and \u{1F5A4} in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
BLACK HEART
Block
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (U+1F300–U+1F5FF)
General category
So — Symbol, other

Data from the Unicode Character Database, version 18.0.0. See the official code chart for the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block: U1F300.pdf (PDF, unicode.org).

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy the Black heart symbol?

Click the Copy button at the top of this page, or select 🖤 and press Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on Mac). It is plain Unicode text, so it pastes into documents, chats, code, and design tools.

What is the Unicode code point for Black heart?

Black heart is U+1F5A4 (decimal 128420, hexadecimal 0x1F5A4, octal 0o372644). It lives in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block (U+1F300–U+1F5FF) of the Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP, Plane 1).

What is the official Unicode name of Black heart?

The Unicode Standard (version 18.0.0) names this character "BLACK HEART". Its General_Category is So (Symbol, other).

What is the HTML code for Black heart?

Use 🖤 or 🖤. In CSS, use content: "\1F5A4".

How do I type Black heart in code?

JavaScript: "\u{1F5A4}". Python: "\U0001F5A4". JSON and Java: "\uD83D\uDDA4". The UTF-8 byte sequence is F0 9F 96 A4.

Is Black heart an emoji?

Yes. Black heart has Emoji_Presentation in Unicode, so most platforms render it as a full-color emoji by default. Append U+FE0E to force a monochrome text glyph.

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