U+2763 "❣" Heavy Heart Exclamation Mark Ornament Unicode Character

U+2763 "❣" Heavy Heart Exclamation Mark Ornament is a typographic symbol that combines the form of a heart with an exclamation point, creating a decorative glyph often used to convey intense affection, excitement, or strong emotional emphasis in digital text. It belongs to the Dingbats block in Unicode, which contains a variety of ornamental and symbolic characters. This particular character is distinct from the standard heart emoji or plain exclamation mark, as its heavier weight and stylized design make it suitable for use in decorative contexts, such as in social media posts, greeting cards, or artistic typography. Its history traces back to the Zapf Dingbats font family, where it was originally designed as part of a set of ornamental printing symbols.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2763
Version Added	1.1
Name	Heavy Heart Exclamation Mark Ornament
Block	Dingbats
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	❣
HTML Hex Encoding	❣
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x9D 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2763
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002763
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2763

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Exclamation/Interrogation
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Pattern Syntax	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other
Emoji	Yes
Extended Pictographic	Yes