🕯️U+1F56F U+FE0F
Candle emoji
A lit candle on a holder. It brings to mind light, warmth, vigils and remembrance, and appears in posts about memorials, prayer, romantic dinners, relaxation and cozy evenings.
- Unicode name
- candle
- Category
- Objects, Light and video
- Added
- Emoji 0.7 in 2014
- Code points
- U+1F56F U+FE0F
- Shortcode
:candle:- Keywords
- candle, light
How it looks
How to type 🕯️
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “candle”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “candle”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “candle”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “candle”.
- GitHub
- Type :candle: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | vela | luz, vela |
| Français | bougie | bougie, chandelle, lumière |
| Deutsch | Kerze | Kerze, Licht |
| Italiano | candela | a lume di candela, calore, candela, candela accesa, cera, cero, illuminare, luce |
| Português | vela | acesa, luz, vela |
| Nederlands | kaars | kaars, kaarslicht, licht |
| Svenska | stearinljus | levande ljus, ljus, stearinljus |
| Polski | świeca | płomień, światło, świeca, świeczka |
| Türkçe | mum | ışık, mum |
| Русский | свеча | воск, огонь, пламя, свет, свеча, свечка, тепло |
| Українська | свічка | світло, свічка |
| Ελληνικά | κερί | κερί, φως |
| العربية | شمعة | اضاءة, سلام, شمعة, ضوء |
| עברית | נר | אור, להבה, נר |
| فارسی | شمع | رمانتیک, شعله, شمع, نور |
| हिन्दी | मोमबत्ती | प्रकाश, मोमबत्ती |
| বাংলা | মোমবাতি | আলো, মোমবাতি |
| Bahasa Indonesia | lilin | cahaya, lilin |
| Tiếng Việt | nến | ánh sáng, nến |
| ไทย | เทียน | เทียน, แสง |
| 日本語 | ろうそく | キャンドル, ろうそく, ロウソク, 明かり |
| 한국어 | 양초 | 빛, 양초, 캔들 |
| 中文（简体） | 蜡烛 | 光, 烛光, 烛火, 照明, 燃烧, 蜡烛 |
| 中文（繁體） | 蠟燭 | 光亮, 蠟燭 |
Names in 97 more languages
| Afrikaans | kers |
|---|---|
| Akan | kyɛnere |
| Albanian | qiri |
| Amharic | ሻማ |
| Armenian | մոմ |
| Assamese | মম |
| Azerbaijani | şam |
| Bashkir | шәм |
| Basque | kandela |
| Belarusian | свечка |
| Bosnian | svijeća |
| Breton | goulaouenn |
| Bulgarian | свещ |
| Burmese | ဖယောင်းတိုင် |
| Cantonese | 蠟燭 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 蜡烛 |
| Catalan | espelma |
| Cherokee | ᎤᎧᎾᏫ ᎠᏨᏍᏗ |
| Chuvash | ҫурта |
| Croatian | svijeća |
| Czech | svíčka |
| Danish | stearinlys |
| Estonian | küünal |
| Faroese | livandi ljós |
| Filipino | kandila |
| Finnish | kynttilä |
| Galician | candea |
| Georgian | სანთელი |
| Gujarati | મીણબત્તી |
| Hausa | kyandir |
| Hungarian | gyertya |
| Icelandic | kerti |
| Igbo | kandụ̀l |
| Irish | coinneal |
| Javanese | lilin |
| Kalaallisut | stearinlys |
| Kannada | ಕ್ಯಾಂಡಲ್ |
| Kazakh | майшам |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | مايشام |
| Khmer | ទៀន |
| Kinyarwanda | buji |
| Konkani | मेणवाक |
| Kyrgyz | шам |
| Kʼicheʼ | kantela |
| Lao | ທຽນ |
| Latvian | svece |
| Lithuanian | žvakė |
| Lower Sorbian | swěcka |
| Luxembourgish | Käerz |
| Macedonian | свеќа |
| Malay | lilin |
| Malayalam | മെഴുകുതിരി |
| Maltese | xemgħa |
| Marathi | मेणबत्ती |
| Mongolian | лаа |
| Māori | kānara |
| Nepali | मैनबत्ती |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Kándul |
| Northern Sotho | kerese |
| Norwegian | stearinlys |
| Odia | ମହମ |
| Oromo | shaamaa |
| Pashto | شمع |
| Punjabi | ਮੋਮਬੱਤੀ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | موم بتی |
| Quechua | vela |
| Romanian | lumânare |
| Romansh | chandaila |
| Sardinian | candela |
| Scottish Gaelic | coinneal |
| Serbian | свећа |
| Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) | свијећа |
| Serbian (Latin) | sveća |
| Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) | svijeća |
| Shan | တဵၼ်း |
| Sindhi | ميڻ بتي |
| Sinhala | ඉටිපන්දම |
| Slovak | sviečka |
| Slovenian | sveča |
| Somali | shamac |
| Swahili | mshumaa |
| Tajik | шамъ |
| Tamil | மெழுகுவர்த்தி |
| Telugu | కొవ్వొత్తి |
| Tigrinya | ሽምዓ |
| Tongan | teʻelango |
| Tswana | kerese |
| Turkmen | şem |
| Upper Sorbian | swěčka |
| Urdu | موم بتی |
| Uyghur | شام |
| Uzbek | sham |
| Welsh | cannwyll |
| Wolof | sondeel |
| Xhosa | ikhandlela |
| Yoruba | kándúùlù |
| Zulu | ikhandlela |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F56F U+FE0F- HTML
🕯️- CSS
\1F56F\FE0F- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F56F}\u{FE0F}- Python
\U0001F56F\uFE0F- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 95 AF EF B8 8F- UTF-16
D83D DD6F FE0F- URL encoded
%F0%9F%95%AF%EF%B8%8F
Questions
What does the 🕯️ candle emoji mean?
A lit candle on a holder. It brings to mind light, warmth, vigils and remembrance, and appears in posts about memorials, prayer, romantic dinners, relaxation and cozy evenings.
How do I type the 🕯️ emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “candle”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :candle:.
When was the 🕯️ emoji added?
🕯️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.
What is the Unicode code point for 🕯️?
U+1F56F U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🕯️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F56F}\u{FE0F}.