from your keyboard, with love ♡
Choose the heart first, then the method. A keyboard emoji picker is useful for ❤️; a Unicode symbol or a copied text heart is better when you specifically need ♥ or ♡.
Choose your route
| Where | Start here | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Win + ., then search for a heart | Emoji and available symbols |
| Word for Windows | Type 2665, then Alt + X | The exact ♥ code point |
| Mac | Control + Command + Space | Character Viewer |
| iPhone / iPad | Emoji / globe key, then Search Emoji | Colored-heart emoji |
| Android with Gboard | Open the emoji panel and choose a heart | Available emoji on that device |
| Plain text field | Copy the exact character from this site | A reliable fallback when a shortcut is unavailable |
Desktop keyboards
Microsoft’s panel includes emoji and symbol sections. A text field or application can still limit which characters it accepts.
In Word for Windows, enter 2665, select that code if it follows other hexadecimal-looking text, then press Alt + X. Use 2661 for ♡. This is Word’s conversion method, not an ordinary browser shortcut.
Place the cursor, then press Control + Command + Space. Search or browse for a heart and insert the chosen result. Check its exact sequence below if the distinction between ♥ and ❤️ matters.
With a numeric keypad, some Windows applications accept Alt + 3 for ♥. Legacy input handling and keyboard hardware can change the result.
Read the keypad steps and fallbacks →Phone keyboards
Tap the emoji or globe key on the standard keyboard, use Search Emoji and select a heart. For plain ♡ or a precise text-style sequence, copy it instead of choosing a visually similar colored emoji.
In a text field, open Gboard’s emoji panel and choose a heart. Available artwork and characters depend on device support. Another keyboard can use a different layout; a copied text heart is a useful fallback.
For a web page
The buttons below copy source code without adding it to your heart history. The adjacent heart button copies the actual sequence. HTML references work when parsed as HTML; they are usually literal text in a name or chat field.
♥♡❤️content: "\2665\FE0E";For text hearts in a styled document, text color can change the glyph’s color. Colored emoji artwork generally comes from an emoji font; copying a red heart does not attach a CSS color rule.
Read the exact text
U+2665
The example keeps its complete text presentation sequence.
Questions, answered
No. Operating systems, applications and keyboards use different input methods. Copying the exact character is a useful fallback when a shortcut is unavailable.
Word’s Alt+X workflow converts a selected hexadecimal Unicode value into a character. Ordinary browser text fields do not generally provide that Word-specific conversion.
The emoji keyboard is designed for emoji. For the exact outline heart U+2661, copy ♡ or use a character picker that contains it. 🤍 is a different character.
Usually a bio is a plain text field. Paste the actual character there. HTML references are source-code syntax for an HTML parser, not a universal keyboard input method.
A little further
Sources & method
Platform steps follow the official references below. Exact results depend on the keyboard, application and font; these instructions are not a guarantee for every device. Character examples use the site’s shared Unicode data.