Growing Heart Emoji 💗
Meaning
Feelings that are getting deeper and stronger.
This emoji shows love that is growing bigger and stronger. It means your feelings for someone are getting deeper and more important.
It shows a pink heart with another smaller pink heart inside, suggesting growth or expansion.
People send this to show their affection or love is increasing for the person they're texting.
What Growing Heart Means in a Text
The same emoji can land very differently depending on who receives it. Here is how 💗 usually reads in each situation.
| Who you send it to | How it reads |
|---|---|
| New crush | Growing affection |
| Long-term partner | Deepening love |
| Friend | Appreciating their bond |
| Family | Increasing fondness |
Good times to send it
- A new crush you really like.
- A partner you're falling deeper in love with.
- Someone you appreciate more and more.
When to think twice
- When you only feel friendship, not romantic love.
- In a serious or formal conversation.
Popular Growing Heart Combinations
Pairing emojis changes the message. These combinations are the most common ones people use.
- 💗✨ = feelings sparkling
- 💗🥰 = deeply adored
- 💗📈 = love increasing
Example messages
Every day I like you more 💗
My love for you just keeps growing 💗
Where Growing Heart Came From
This emoji first appeared in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0. It began as a general sign for deep affection but now mostly shows feelings that are getting stronger over time.
How it looks on different phones
Apple shows a pink heart with subtle concentric rings around it. Google and Samsung often use a slightly brighter pink with more defined expanding circles. Twitter/X features a clear pink heart with multiple rings clearly moving outwards. They all visually represent a heart that is expanding or growing.
Easy to mix up with
- 💓 People sometimes mix it up with 💓 (Beating Heart) because both show strong emotions and movement.
Who Reads It Differently
Younger people might use this for growing love for hobbies or pets. Older groups often reserve it for deepening romantic or family bonds.
Unwritten rules
- Do use when your feelings for someone are clearly growing stronger.
- Don't use for a quick 'like' or simple, unchanging affection.
- Do use to show increasing love for family, friends, or a partner.
More ways people use it
My love for you keeps growing 💗.
Our friendship gets stronger every day 💗.
I'm feeling so much more excited about this trip 💗!
My feelings for him are definitely 💗.
How to Type Growing Heart
You do not have to copy and paste every time. Every emoji has its own code, and most devices let you type one directly.
- On Windows: press Win + . (the full stop key) to open the emoji picker, then search for Growing Heart.
- On Mac: press Ctrl + Cmd + Space and search for Growing Heart.
- On iPhone or Android: tap the smiley on your keyboard and use the search box.
- In Slack or Discord: type the shortcode :growing_heart:.
Technical details
| Emoji | 💗 |
| Unicode code point | U+1F497 |
| Official Unicode name | Growing Heart |
| Shortcode | :growing_heart: |
Where to Go Next
beating heart emoji — The flutter that comes before the growing — nerves turning into feeling.. two hearts emoji — Where growing feelings often land: affection floating between two people..
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