U+1F496 "💖" Sparkling Heart Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
💖
U+1F496 "💖" Sparkling Heart is a popular typographic symbol that depicts a pink or red heart with multiple small star-like sparkles radiating outward, conveying a sense of affection, excitement, and romantic admiration. It is often used in digital communication to express love, adoration, or happiness, particularly in contexts involving crushes, celebrations, or heartfelt appreciation, and it stands out from a standard heart emoji due to its glittering, whimsical embellishments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F496 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Sparkling Heart |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 💖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 💖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDC96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F496 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\udc96 |