143 Emojis
22 emojis tagged 143 in the official Unicode CLDR project. Click any emoji for its meaning, copy-paste, and per-platform rendering.
The keyword "143" is internet shorthand for "I love you" — the digits count the letters in each word (1-4-3). Emojis tagged with this keyword form a curated set of affectionate symbols: 😍 smiling face with heart-eyes, 😘 face blowing a kiss, 😗 kissing face, 😚 kissing face with closed eyes, 😙 kissing face with smiling eyes, 💘 heart with arrow, 💖 sparkling heart, 💓 beating heart, and similar variants. The shorthand dates back to pager codes and AOL Instant Messenger and still appears in K-pop and Filipino texting culture. Use these emojis when you want to say "I love you" without spelling it out.
- 😍 smiling face with heart-eyes
- 😗 kissing face
- 😚 kissing face with closed eyes
- 😙 kissing face with smiling eyes
- 💘 heart with arrow
- 💖 sparkling heart
- 💗 growing heart
- 💓 beating heart
- 💞 revolving hearts
- 💟 heart decoration
- 🧡 orange heart
- 💛 yellow heart
- 💚 green heart
- 💙 blue heart
- 💜 purple heart
- 🤎 brown heart
- 🤍 white heart
- 💕 two hearts
- 💝 heart with ribbon
- 🩷 pink heart
- 🩵 light blue heart
- 🩶 grey heart
Frequently asked about 143 emojis
Where does '143' as 'I love you' come from?
The code dates to the pager era (1990s), when limited screens made numeric codes useful. The Minot Air Force Base lighthouse keeper in Massachusetts is often credited with flashing '143' in Morse code as a love signal in the 1890s, though that origin is disputed.
Is 143 still used today?
Yes — especially in the Philippines, where it's mainstream texting slang, and in K-pop fandom communities. K-pop idol Henry Lau's song '143' helped revive it. Western Gen Z largely uses ILY instead, but 143 persists as a more cryptic and intimate alternative.
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