Purple Heart
Corazón úurpura
A heart is used to symbolize the emotion of love. Humans have long associated the feeling of love with the heart. The organ used to pump blood around the body. The symbol for Valentine's Day is a heart. A purple (violet) heart can symbolize a sensitive, understanding and compassionate love. Duty, honor, royalty, and good judgment. A purple heart is awarded to United States military veterans when injured while serving their country. A symbol of honor for sacrifice.
Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
- This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
- In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) |
43 of 2393 |
Apple/iOS Picture |
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Google Android Picture |
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Google Hangouts Picture |
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Twitter.com Picture |
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LG Emoji Picture |
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Samsung Emoji Picture |
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Phantom Open Emoji Picture |
Not created yet |
ASCII Conversion |
<3 |
"Short Code" Name |
:purple_heart: |
Keywords |
Purple, Violet, Heart, Love, Sensitive, Understanding, Compassionate, Compassion, Duty, Honor, Royalty, Veteran, Sacrifice |
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category |
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
Unicode Range |
1F300–1F5FF |
Unicode Subcategory |
Heart Symbols |
Editorial Comment
Purple heart maybe forbidden love. Not military related.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category |
Abstract Concepts |
Unicode Subcategory |
Heart Symbols |
Names & Annotations |
PURPLE HEART Old name: HEART-4 Temporary Notes: Heart with purple color |
Symbol Information |
U+1F49C proposed |
Proposal Identifier |
e-B16 |
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo |
#136 'Black heart' 黒ハート 「黒haato」 U+E6EC SJIS-F991 JIS-7834 |
KDDI |
#419 紫ハート 「紫haato」 U+EAAA SJIS-F37D JIS-795E |
Softbank |
#41 #old315 ハート(紫) 「haato(紫)」 U+E32D SJIS-F9CD |
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)