Emojion

๐Ÿ’” broken heart

Meaning

One of the most universally understood emojis โ€” used globally for heartbreak, loss, and sadness. Context shifts the weight from devastating grief to light disappointment.

Keywords: break, broken, crushed, emotion, heart, heartbroken, lonely, sad

๐Ÿ’ก Did you know?

๐Ÿ’” was standardized in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, making it one of the earliest emojis designed specifically to encode a negative emotion with a heart motif.

๐Ÿ’ก Did you know?

just broke up with my boyfriend ๐Ÿ’”
wait you're still using ๐Ÿ’”?? it's ๐Ÿฅ€ now lol

In early 2025, a meme spread on TikTok declaring ๐Ÿ’” had gone 'too mainstream' as a symbol of performative sadness โ€” ironic users migrated to the wilted flower ๐Ÿฅ€ to signal in-group distance from earnest heartbreak posts.

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How it's used around the world

  • Japan

    In Japan, heart emojis skew strongly toward romantic love, so ๐Ÿ’” tends to mean specifically romantic heartbreak rather than general sadness or friendship loss.

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