Heart symbol
Human heart
Heart symbol - ♥ symbol used to indicate the heart itself or love. The real human heart resembles quite distantly. In antiquity, the ancient Greeks and Romans associated female beauty, mainly with the body shapes of women from the back. That is, the symbol of the heart is nothing but a reproduction on paper of the female buttocks [1] [2] [3] [4] .
Content
Origin Versions
- According to legend, the shape of a symbolic heart is nothing more than a leaf of ivy [5] . In Hellenistic culture, ivy was considered a symbol of the god of winemaking and passion of Dionysus . Greek amphoras often used the ivy symbol for decoration [6] . Ivy had many meanings - including obscene: Greek "houses of tolerance" in the IV century. BC e. used ivy leaf as a logo.
- A pair of swans, swimming towards each other, at the moment of contact form a heart shape. Swans are a symbol of love, loyalty and devotion, since the formed couple remains together for life [7] , which is extremely rare in the animal world [8] .
- In antiquity, the ancient Greeks and Romans associated female beauty, mainly with the body shapes of women from the back. That is, the symbol of the heart is nothing but a reproduction on paper of the female buttocks [1] [2] [3] [4] .
Usage
Heart symbol expressed by gesture.
- For the visual designation of the verb " love ." For example: "I ♥ you" = "I love you."
- As a symbol of love, it is depicted on gift products: postcards, toys, chocolates, etc. When celebrating Valentine's Day, it is customary to give cards in the shape of a heart - “ Valentine's Day ”. Gifts in the form of hearts are also customary to give to loved ones for their birthday and other holidays.
- The sign schematically indicates the heart - an organ of the circulatory system.
- In computer games, hearts can mean "life."
- On playing cards, the heart symbol denotes the suit " worms ".
On playing cards, the heart symbol denotes the suit "worms"
Computer Code
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The heart is usually indicated by a smiley as <3 [9] . Unicode has several characters to indicate it:
| Tracing | Description | HTML code | Alt Codes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ♥ | U + 2665 BLACK HEART SUIT | ♥ or ♥ or ♥ | Alt + 3 |
| ♡ | U + 2661 WHITE HEART SUIT | ♡ or ♡ | |
| ❤ | U + 2764 HEAVY BLACK HEART | ❤ | |
| ❤️ | U + 2764 HEAVY BLACK HEART U + FE0F VARIATION SELECTOR-16 | ❤️ | |
| ❥ | U + 2765 ROTATED HEAVY BLACK HEART BULLET | ❥ | |
| ❣ | U + 2763 HEAVY HEART EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT | ❣ |
And also, emojis in blocks Miscellaneous symbols and pictograms and Addition to symbols and pictograms :
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Mathematical Description
There are several mathematical equations, the graphic solution of which leads to the formation of curves similar to a heart symbol. The most famous of them is a cardioid , which is a special case of a Pascal cochlea , an epicycloid and a sinusoidal spiral [10] . Other curves, such as (x 2 + y 2 −1) 3 −x 2 y 3 = 0, can achieve a better approximation to the shape of the heart [11] .
Building Cardioids (animation) |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 "The symbol of the heart was copied from the female buttocks." Link.
- ↑ 1 2 “Around the World” , “Heart Upside Down”. Link.
- ↑ 1 2 “Arguments and Facts” , “The true story of the“ heart ”from your emoticons and drawings.” Link.
- ↑ 1 2 Fox News Channel , Getting to the Bottom of Valentine's Day. Link.
- ↑ Ivy is a symbol of fidelity . Date of treatment February 6, 2012. Archived June 3, 2012.
- ↑ Monks S. Yu. “Late” series of Heracleian amphorae (late IV – first third of the 3rd century BC). Ancient world and archeology. Vol. 11. Saratov, 2002. S. 167-177
- ↑ 11 animals that mate for life . Date of treatment February 6, 2012. Archived June 3, 2012.
- ↑ 10 animals that create pairs for life . Date of treatment February 6, 2012. Archived June 3, 2012.
- ↑ See http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=34056 Archived June 8, 2011 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ en: Eric W. Weisstein , “ Cardioid ” from MathWorld .
- ↑ en: Eric W. Weisstein , “Heart Curve”
Literature
- Heystad, UM History of the heart in world culture : From antiquity to the present / Ole Martin Heystad. - M .: Text , 2009 .-- 316 p. - ISBN 5-751-60806-2 .