Introduced in the emoji sets of the Japanese mobile manufacturer au by KDDI in 2003 (as an animated sparkling pink heart), and standardised in Unicode 6.0 in October 2010.
The design of this symbol varies by platform and emoji set. The most common design, however, is a pink heart with yellowish stars indicating sparkling.
In most senses, ๐ may be considered a tamer, more platonic version of โค by some; however, in the romance sense, it can be seen as either equal to, or more intense than โค.
