Emoji Chart
🔦U+1F526

Flashlight emoji

A handheld, battery-powered torch. It signals light in the dark, searching, camping and power outages, and people use it to mean looking for something or shining a light on an issue.

Unicode name
flashlight
Category
Objects, Light and video
Added
Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points
U+1F526
Shortcode
:flashlight:
Keywords
electric, flashlight, light, tool, torch

How it looks

🔦
Your device
Flashlight emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Flashlight emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Flashlight emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 🔦

iPhone and iPad
Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “flashlight”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “flashlight”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “flashlight”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “flashlight”.
GitHub
Type :flashlight: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españollinternalinterna, luz
Françaistorchelampe électrique, lampe torche, lumière, outil, torche
DeutschTaschenlampeLampe, Licht, Taschenlampe
Italianotorciaelettrica, luce, pila, torcia
Portuguêslanternaelétrica, ferramenta, lanterna, luz
Nederlandszaklampelektrisch, lamp, licht, zaklamp, zaklantaarn
Svenskaficklampaficklampa, lampa
Polskilatarkaelektryczna, lampka, latarka, światło
Türkçeel feneriel feneri, elektrik, ışık
Русскийфонариксвет, фонарик, фонарь, электричество
Українськаліхтарикелектричний, інструмент, ліхтарик, світло
Ελληνικάφακόςεργαλείο, ηλεκτρικό, φακός, φως
العربيةضوء فلاشاداة, الكتريك, ضوء, ضوء فلاش, كشاف, كهربائي
עבריתפנסאור, פנס, תאורה
فارسیچراغ‌قوهابزار, الکتریسیته, چراغ‌قوه, نور
हिन्दीटॉर्चटॉर्च, प्रकाश, फ़्लैशलाइट, बिजली
বাংলাফ্ল্যাশ লাইটআলো, ফ্ল্যাশ লাইট, বৈদ্যুতিক, মশাল, সরঞ্জাম
Bahasa Indonesialampu senteralat, cahaya, lampu senter, listrik, senter
Tiếng Việtđèn pinánh sáng, đèn pin, điện, dụng cụ
ไทยไฟฉายเครื่องมือ, ไฟฉาย, ไฟฟ้า, แสง
日本語懐中電灯ライト, 懐中電灯, 明かり
한국어손전등도구, 빛, 손전등, 전기, 전등, 플래시라이트
中文(简体)手电筒光, 工具, 手电, 手电筒, 照明, 电筒
中文(繁體)手電筒手電筒
Names in 97 more languages
Afrikaansflits
Akantͻͻkye
Albanianelektrik dore
Amharicየእጅ ባትሪ
Armenianգրպանի լապտեր
Assameseফ্লাশ্বলাইট
Azerbaijanifənər
Bashkirфонарик
Basquelinterna
Belarusianліхтарык
Bosnianbaterijska lampa
Bretonetev-goulaouiñ
Bulgarianфенерче
Burmeseဓာတ်မီး
Canadian Frenchlampe de poche
Cantonese電筒
Cantonese (Simplified)电筒
Catalanllanterna
CherokeeᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏨᏍᏗ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)電筒
Chuvashхунар
Croatianručna svjetiljka
Czechbaterka
Danishlommelygte
Estoniantaskulamp
Faroeselummalykt
Filipinoflashlight
Finnishtaskulamppu
Galicianlanterna
Georgianფანარი
Gujaratiફ્લેશલાઇટ
Hausatocila
Hungarianzseblámpa
Icelandicvasaljós
Igbonchaọkụ
Irishtóirse
Javanesesenter
Kalaallisutlommelygte
Kannadaಫ್ಲ್ಯಾಶ್‌ ಲೈಟ್
Kazakhжарқыл жарығы
Kazakh (Arabic)جارقىل جارىعى
Khmerពិល
Kinyarwandaitoroshi
Konkaniफ्लॅशलायट
Kyrgyzколчырак
KʼicheʼTzuk’b’al
Laoໄຟສາຍ
Latviankabatas lukturītis
Lithuanianžibintuvėlis
Lower Sorbiankapsna lampa
LuxembourgishTäscheluucht
Macedonianбатериска ламба
Malaylampu suluh
Malayalamടോർച്ച്
Maltesetorċ
Marathiविजेरी
Mongolianгар чийдэн
Māorikōrama
Nepaliफ्ल्याश लाइट
Nigerian PidginTọ́chlait
Northern Sotholebone
Norwegianlommelykt
Odiaଫ୍ଲାଶ୍‌ଲାଇଟ୍‌
Oromobaatirii harkaa
Pashtoلاسي څراغ
Punjabiਫਲੈਸ਼ਲਾਈਟ
Punjabi (Arabic)ٹارچ
Quechuaflash
Romanianlanternă
Romanshlampa da maun
Sardiniantortza
Scottish Gaelictoirds dealain
Serbianбатеријска лампа
Serbian (Latin)baterijska lampa
Shanၾႆးထၢတ်ႈ
Sindhiفليش لائيٽ
Sinhalaෆ්ලෑෂ්ලයිට්
Slovakbaterka
Sloveniansvetilka
Somalitoosh
Swahilikurunzi
Tajikфонус
Tamilடார்ச் லைட்
Teluguటార్చ్ లైట్
Tigrinyaፍላሽ ላምባ
Tongankasa
Tswanalebone la foleše
Turkmenfonar
Upper Sorbiankapsna lampa
Urduفلیش لائٹ
Uyghurقولچىراق
Uzbekfonar
Welshtortsh
Woloflàmp-tors
Xhosaisibane
Yorubainá fílásì
Zuluithoshi

Codes

Code points
U+1F526
HTML
🔦
CSS
\1F526
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F526}
Python
\U0001F526
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 94 A6
UTF-16
D83D DD26
URL encoded
%F0%9F%94%A6

Questions

What does the 🔦 flashlight emoji mean?

A handheld, battery-powered torch. It signals light in the dark, searching, camping and power outages, and people use it to mean looking for something or shining a light on an issue.

How do I type the 🔦 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “flashlight”. 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 :flashlight:.

When was the 🔦 emoji added?

🔦 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for 🔦?

U+1F526. In HTML you can write 🔦, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F526}.

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