🖤 Black heart
🖤 Emoji meaning
I love dark humor! Dark soul, sadness, grief.
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🖤 Meaning
The black heart shows a dark and twisted sense of humor. It can reflect the dark side of the soul. Also used to express grief and sorrow.
Examples
- Today just isn’t my day. 🖤
- That’s delightfully dark! 🖤
- Are you into dark humor too? 🖤
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Red heart vs black heart; both hearts used for love or emotional emphasis, some users ignore the color nuance.
Brown heart vs black heart; darker tones may look similar on some displays.
Black vs white heart; both stylistic hearts for special moods, message context can blur distinction.
Grey heart vs black heart; both dark/neutral hearts for somber or subtle emotional tones.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Black heart” was approved as part of Unicode 9.0 in 2016 and added to Emoji 3.0 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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(4) Comments
Anonymous It shows that I want to be alone.
Mahi Also used for the favorite person.
Aiden Represents unrequited love, a wrong love, someone experiencing aggressive actions, being abandoned, or mourning a partner who has died, leaving deep feelings of sadness.
Anonymous A completely black shaded heart. Can be used to express morbidity, sadness or some form of black humor, but despite the color, it is most often used for love and affection.