What Does </3 Mean?
The Quick Answer
</3 means "broken hearted."More Detail...
It is the opposite of <3, which is an emoticon for "love" or "I love you." <3 represents a heart (on its side). Conversely, </3 represents a heart that has been broken in two, so "broken hearted." It is the text equivalent of the broken heart emoji (💔). We think </3 is a clever emoticon because / is used to close a tag in HTML (the language used to write web pages). For example, in HTML, <b>hello</b> would bold the word "hello." So, technically, </3 is the end of the <3 tag, which means the end of love. That forward slash could also be taken as a slash through the heart. So, this emoticon works on two levels.Image for </3
When I write </3, I mean this:
"Broken Hearted"
Summary of Key Points
We have summarized the key points in the table below:| </3 | |
|---|---|
| Definition: | Broken Hearted |
| Type: | Icon |
| Guessability: |  4: Difficult to guess |
| Typical Users: |  Adults and Teenagers |
Example of </3 Used in a Text
</3
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