Black Heart Suit ♥

The Black Heart Suit character (♥) is a standard HTML entity defined in the HTML specification. In HTML source code, it can be written using the named entity reference ♥, the decimal numeric character reference ♥, or the hexadecimal numeric reference ♥. The character is assigned Unicode code point U+2665 in the Universal Character Set.

The black heart suit (♥) is one of the four playing card suits and one of the most universally recognized symbols for love and affection. Beyond card games, the heart symbol is used extensively in social media, messaging, health contexts, and emotional expression on the web.

Symbol entities encompass a wide variety of special characters used in legal disclaimers, intellectual property notices, typographic ornaments, card suit indicators, and miscellaneous notation throughout web content. These characters appear in website footers for copyright notices, product pages for trademark symbols, academic papers for dagger footnote markers, and decorative or gaming contexts for card suits and stars.

When deciding how to encode the Black Heart Suit character in your HTML documents, the named entity ♥ is generally the most readable choice for developers reviewing or maintaining source code. The decimal form ♥ and hexadecimal form ♥ are equally valid alternatives that work in contexts where named entities may not be supported, or when generating HTML output programmatically from server-side code. All three representations produce identical visual output in every modern web browser.

Use the heart suit symbol in card game documentation, expressions of affection or approval, health-related content, and social media interfaces. While emoji hearts have become more popular for casual use, the HTML entity heart character renders reliably in all contexts including email and plain text.