A red heart split cleanly down the middle — the broken heart emoji needs no explanation. It's the go-to for breakups, grief, rejection, or any moment something hurts enough to crack right through, from real heartbreak to over-the-top jokes about a canceled show or a lost game.
What 💔 means
A red heart that's shattered in between; forming two sharp-edged pieces of the same heart. This emoji may vary in color and overall finish across different platforms.
The 💔 Broken Heart emoji signifies hurt, pain, being broken or shattered by someone or something. It suggests a feeling of sadness, emptiness, disappointment, and even regret.
How and when to use it
- If you felt your heart break into pieces because of something someone did or said, send this emoji to them.
- You can also send this emoji while talking about that heartbreak to a close someone.
- This emoji can also be used in a casual context of showing utter disappointment, like your bestie telling you about showing up at a party without a shower.
- Send this emoji as a reaction to something heartbreaking that you saw on social media.
- You can also send this emoji in the context of a breakup.
- However, do not overuse this emoji. It can take away the actual pain and hurt you're feeling and depict a troll-worthy version of that sadness.
Other Names
- 💔 Heartbreak
- 💔 Pain
- 💔 Sadness
- 💔 Regret
- 💔 Disappointment
- 💔 Loneliness
- 💔 Misery
- 💔 Brokenhearted
- 💔 Heart Broken
- 💔 Breaking Heart
- 💔 Break Up
- 💔 Divorce
💔 in real conversations
What does 💔 mean from a girl?
Heartbreak, rejection, or grief — a breakup, a friend moving away, news that hurts. "We broke up 💔" needs zero elaboration; the cracked heart says the rest, and it usually shows up in the first message she sends about it, not the tenth.
What does 💔 mean from a guy?
Same real hurt, sometimes downplayed with humor even when it's genuine — "she said no 💔" can be a joke on the surface with real disappointment underneath. Context, and who's asking, usually reveals which one it is.
Is 💔 always about a breakup?
No — it covers any real disappointment, romantic or not: a canceled show, a team's playoff loss, a favorite restaurant closing down. The heart just needs to be genuinely, if sometimes dramatically, broken about something.
The lowdown
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion › heart
- Codepoints
U+1F494- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:broken_heart:- Keywords
- break, broken, crushed, emotion, heart, heartbroken, lonely, sad
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 💔 Broken Heart or 🔂 Repeat Single Button?
Runs with a crowd
💔 keeps company in heart emojis and sad emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.