# 🕯️ Candle emoji

🕯️ Candle is an emoji in the light and video set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. Related words: light.

- Emoji: 🕯️
- Unicode name: candle
- Code points: U+1F56F U+FE0F
- Category: Objects, Light and video
- Added: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- GitHub shortcode: :candle:
- Keywords: candle, light
- Page: https://emojichart.com/candle-emoji

## What it means

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 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 (es) | vela | luz, vela |
| Français (fr) | bougie | bougie, chandelle, lumière |
| Deutsch (de) | Kerze | Kerze, Licht |
| Italiano (it) | candela | a lume di candela, calore, candela, candela accesa, cera, cero, illuminare, luce |
| Português (pt) | vela | acesa, luz, vela |
| Nederlands (nl) | kaars | kaars, kaarslicht, licht |
| Svenska (sv) | stearinljus | levande ljus, ljus, stearinljus |
| Polski (pl) | świeca | płomień, światło, świeca, świeczka |
| Türkçe (tr) | mum | ışık, mum |
| Русский (ru) | свеча | воск, огонь, пламя, свет, свеча, свечка, тепло |
| Українська (uk) | свічка | світло, свічка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κερί | κερί, φως |
| العربية (ar) | شمعة | اضاءة, سلام, شمعة, ضوء |
| עברית (he) | נר | אור, להבה, נר |
| فارسی (fa) | شمع | رمانتیک, شعله, شمع, نور |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मोमबत्ती | प्रकाश, मोमबत्ती |
| বাংলা (bn) | মোমবাতি | আলো, মোমবাতি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | lilin | cahaya, lilin |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nến | ánh sáng, nến |
| ไทย (th) | เทียน | เทียน, แสง |
| 日本語 (ja) | ろうそく | キャンドル, ろうそく, ロウソク, 明かり |
| 한국어 (ko) | 양초 | 빛, 양초, 캔들 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 蜡烛 | 光, 烛光, 烛火, 照明, 燃烧, 蜡烛 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 蠟燭 | 光亮, 蠟燭 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kers
- Akan (ak): kyɛnere
- Albanian (sq): qiri
- Amharic (am): ሻማ
- Armenian (hy): մոմ
- Assamese (as): মম
- Azerbaijani (az): şam
- Bashkir (ba): шәм
- Basque (eu): kandela
- Belarusian (be): свечка
- Bosnian (bs): svijeća
- Breton (br): goulaouenn
- Bulgarian (bg): свещ
- Burmese (my): ဖယောင်းတိုင်
- Cantonese (yue): 蠟燭
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 蜡烛
- Catalan (ca): espelma
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᎧᎾᏫ ᎠᏨᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): ҫурта
- Croatian (hr): svijeća
- Czech (cs): svíčka
- Danish (da): stearinlys
- Estonian (et): küünal
- Faroese (fo): livandi ljós
- Filipino (fil): kandila
- Finnish (fi): kynttilä
- Galician (gl): candea
- Georgian (ka): სანთელი
- Gujarati (gu): મીણબત્તી
- Hausa (ha): kyandir
- Hungarian (hu): gyertya
- Icelandic (is): kerti
- Igbo (ig): kandụ̀l
- Irish (ga): coinneal
- Javanese (jv): lilin
- Kalaallisut (kl): stearinlys
- Kannada (kn): ಕ್ಯಾಂಡಲ್
- Kazakh (kk): майшам
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): مايشام
- Khmer (km): ទៀន
- Kinyarwanda (rw): buji
- Konkani (kok): मेणवाक
- Kyrgyz (ky): шам
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): kantela
- Lao (lo): ທຽນ
- Latvian (lv): svece
- Lithuanian (lt): žvakė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): swěcka
- Luxembourgish (lb): Käerz
- Macedonian (mk): свеќа
- Malay (ms): lilin
- Malayalam (ml): മെഴുകുതിരി
- Maltese (mt): xemgħa
- Marathi (mr): मेणबत्ती
- Mongolian (mn): лаа
- Māori (mi): kānara
- Nepali (ne): मैनबत्ती
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kándul
- Northern Sotho (nso): kerese
- Norwegian (no): stearinlys
- Odia (or): ମହମ
- Oromo (om): shaamaa
- Pashto (ps): شمع
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੋਮਬੱਤੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): موم بتی
- Quechua (qu): vela
- Romanian (ro): lumânare
- Romansh (rm): chandaila
- Sardinian (sc): candela
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): coinneal
- Serbian (sr): свећа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): свијећа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): sveća
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): svijeća
- Shan (shn): တဵၼ်း
- Sindhi (sd): ميڻ بتي
- Sinhala (si): ඉටිපන්දම
- Slovak (sk): sviečka
- Slovenian (sl): sveča
- Somali (so): shamac
- Swahili (sw): mshumaa
- Tajik (tg): шамъ
- Tamil (ta): மெழுகுவர்த்தி
- Telugu (te): కొవ్వొత్తి
- Tigrinya (ti): ሽምዓ
- Tongan (to): teʻelango
- Tswana (tn): kerese
- Turkmen (tk): şem
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): swěčka
- Urdu (ur): موم بتی
- Uyghur (ug): شام
- Uzbek (uz): sham
- Welsh (cy): cannwyll
- Wolof (wo): sondeel
- Xhosa (xh): ikhandlela
- Yoruba (yo): kándúùlù
- Zulu (zu): ikhandlela

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/candle-emoji