U+2665

Black heart suit♥

Black heart suit is a monochrome text character from the Unicode Miscellaneous Symbols block, listed here under Shapes, Games & Dice and 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 "love".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+2665
Decimal
9829
Hex
0x2665
Octal
0o23145

Unicode identity

FormatValueCopy
Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+2665
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0BLACK HEART SUIT
DecimalBase 109829
HexadecimalBase 160x2665
OctalBase 80o23145
BinaryBase 20010011001100101
General categorySymbol, otherSo
Unicode blockU+2600–U+26FFMiscellaneous Symbols
PlaneBasic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0)

HTML & CSS

FormatValueCopy
HTML entity (decimal)♥
HTML entity (hex)♥
HTML entity (named)♥
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\2665
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%E2%99%A5

Programming languages

FormatValueCopy
JavaScript / TypeScript\u2665
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u2665
Python\u2665
Java / C# / Kotlin\u2665

Byte encodings

FormatValueCopy
UTF-83 bytesE2 99 A5
UTF-16 (BE)2665
UTF-32 (BE)00002665

How to type Black heart suit

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +2665 with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type 2665 then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 2665. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Black heart suit".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2665, 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, \2665 in CSS, and \u2665 in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
BLACK HEART SUIT
Block
Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF)
General category
So — Symbol, other

Data from the Unicode Character Database, version 18.0.0. See the official code chart for the Miscellaneous Symbols block: U2600.pdf (PDF, unicode.org).

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy the Black heart suit 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 suit?

Black heart suit is U+2665 (decimal 9829, hexadecimal 0x2665, octal 0o23145). It lives in the Miscellaneous Symbols block (U+2600–U+26FF) of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0).

What is the official Unicode name of Black heart suit?

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

What is the HTML code for Black heart suit?

Use ♥ or ♥, or the named entity ♥. In CSS, use content: "\2665".

How do I type Black heart suit in code?

JavaScript: "\u2665". Python: "\u2665". JSON and Java: "\u2665". The UTF-8 byte sequence is E2 99 A5.

Is Black heart suit an emoji?

No. Black heart suit is a text symbol and renders as a monochrome glyph in the current font. Some platforms may offer an emoji variant when U+FE0F is appended.

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