What does the white heart mean? This emoji that we can find on our mobile phones and in the main messaging applications that we all have installed. The meaning, at first glance, might seem quite obvious, but is it what we really believe or is there more?
We understand that considering such things may seem strange, but it is true that many times we tend to take certain things for granted, such as the meaning of certain symbols, just because they are familiar to us or we use them on a daily basis. If you're curious, read on to find out more.
What is the true meaning of the white heart?
To unravel what the white heart means, we are going to pull from official sources. If we go to the EmojiPedia (the largest source of knowledge about emojis that can be found on the Internet), we will observe a particular data: the white heart, in addition to being used to express affection, was initially intended to be used as a way of talking about someone's death.
In other places you can read that it is also used when you want to show friendship and support to someone, but according to the most official explanation, its meaning is not that. This emoji was approved as part of Unicode 12.0 in 2019. And what is Unicode? Well, a character encoding standard designed to facilitate the computer treatment, transmission and display of texts from numerous languages and technical disciplines. Its first version dates back to 1991.
The true meaning of heart emojis
Now that we know what the white heart means, it is worth commenting that each one means a different thing. We review them below.
Red heart
Is universal symbol of love, affection and attention. It is also used to express passion and romance, although it is often seen in contexts outside of romantic terms. It also expresses friendship and strong ties.
Orange heart
If the red heart is the universal symbol of love and is used in romantic contexts, the orange heart express a half love or a relationship that you don't want to change to other terms (for example, just being friends).
Yellow heart
the yellow heart symbolizes the “golden hearts”. Its meaning is based more on contexts outside of the romantic, based on happiness, friendship and the joy of living.
Green heart
It usually indicates several things: can refer to hope, a lifestyle (vegans seem to have adopted it as an official symbol) and even closeness to nature. It is also known as a way of expressing jealousy, and on Saint Patrick's Day it is used very often.
Blue Heart
The blue heart represents the most idealistic of affection: platonic love, loyalty and friendship. It is also used to support autism awareness, to indicate a liking for water sports, or to express certain fetishes.
Purple heart
It is used as a way of expressing understanding and compassionate love. It represents care for others, as well as paternal-filial love. The most influential Fashionistas they also use it to identify themselves as part of a sector of the public that is concerned with fashion and trends.
black heart
Those who use this heart reveal his taste and love for black humor. It is also used by some urban tribes as a form of adherence to their movements. It can also be used as a way to express pain or suffering.
Brown heart
Brown is a color that represents warmth, security and comfort, although those who wear the brown heart often do so to express their commitment to defending nature. Also the most devoted to chocolate use it regularly.
Broken heart
If the red heart is the universal expression of love, the broken heart expresses the opposite. Used in moments of extreme unhappiness, of great sadness or, simply and simply, when a relationship ends.
heavy heart
It is used as a decorative exclamation mark, as a way of to emphasize that one strongly agrees with something. It is a visual equivalent to saying “this comes from the heart”.
Two hearts
It is used in romantic texts as an expression of affection for someone. Outside these contexts, among adolescent girls it is common to see its use as a manifestation of the friendship between them.
Rotating hearts
It may be the most succinct explanation that we are going to give: it symbolizes the love between two people. Nothing more and nothing less.
Beating heart
It is used to represent a strong connection between two people and expresses strong feelings for someone or something. It can also be used to announce the arrival of a new member to a family.
growing heart
Transmit a ever-growing heart. It is used to indicate that the feelings that someone has for another person are growing.
Heart with arrow
Express that someone has fallen in love with someone. It expresses romantic feelings in messages and is widely used on Valentine's Day (and surrounding dates).
heart with bow
Another emoji that is used a lot on Valentine's Day. It is used to indicate that someone gives his heart to someone else.
decoration with heart
It is a red heart variant. Express the same as that emoji.