Broken heart emoji meaning

The broken heart emoji shows a red heart that is divided into two pieces, symbolizing deep emotional pain or sadness. Its jagged split visually represents heartbreak, loss, or the end of a connection, such as a breakup or other personal disappointment. Often used to express grief or sympathy, this emoji helps show the intense feelings that come with emotional separations or the sorrow of seeing someone you care about in distress. It serves as a simple yet powerful way to convey feelings of heartache or support through digital communication.

The broken heart emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026