💡U+1F4A1
Light bulb emoji
A glowing light bulb is the classic symbol of a bright idea. Posts about ideas, inspiration, brainstorming and sudden realizations often include it, and so do tips, hints and anything to do with light and electricity.
- Unicode name
- light bulb
- Category
- Objects, Light and video
- Added
- Emoji 0.6 in 2010
- Code points
- U+1F4A1
- Shortcode
:bulb:- Keywords
- bulb, comic, electric, idea, light
How it looks
How to type 💡
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “light bulb”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “light bulb”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “light bulb”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “light bulb”.
- GitHub
- Type :bulb: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | bombilla | bombilla, cómic, electricidad, idea, luz |
| Français | ampoule | allumer, ampoule, bande dessinée, BD, dessin, idée, lampe, lumière |
| Deutsch | Glühbirne | Glühbirne, hell, Idee, Lampe, Licht |
| Italiano | lampadina | brillante, elettrica, elettricità, eureka, fumetto, geniale, idea, lampadina, luce |
| Português | lâmpada | elétrica, ideia, lâmpada, luz, quadrinhos, tenho uma ideia |
| Nederlands | gloeilamp | elektrisch, gloeilamp, idee, lamp, licht, peertje, strip |
| Svenska | glödlampa | elektrisk, fått en idé, glödlampa, lampa |
| Polski | żarówka | idea, pomysł, prąd, światło, żarówka |
| Türkçe | ampul | ampul, bir fikrim var, çizgi roman, elektrik, ışık |
| Русский | лампочка | идея, лампа, лампочка, свет, эврика, электричество |
| Українська | лампочка | електричний, ідея, лампочка, малюнок, світло |
| Ελληνικά | λαμπτήρας | ηλεκτρικό, ιδέα, κόμικ, λαμπτήρας, φως |
| العربية | مصباح مضاء | فكرة, كهرباء, لمبة مضيئة, مصباح مضاء |
| עברית | נורה | אור, חשמל, נורה, רעיון |
| فارسی | لامپ | الکتریسیته, ایده, برق, حباب, لامپ, نور |
| हिन्दी | लाइट बल्ब, विचार | कॉमिक, प्रकाश, बल्ब, बिजली, लाइट बल्ब, लाइट बल्ब, विचार, विचार |
| বাংলা | আলোর বাল্ব | আলো, আলোর বাল্ব, কমিক, ধারণা, বাল্ব, বৈদ্যুতিক |
| Bahasa Indonesia | bohlam | bohlam, bola lampu, cahaya, elektrik, ide, komik, lampu |
| Tiếng Việt | bóng đèn | ánh sáng, bóng đèn, điện, hài hước, ý tưởng |
| ไทย | หลอดไฟ | ปิ๊งไอเดีย, หลอดไฟ |
| 日本語 | 電球 | ぴこーん, ひらめき, マンガ, 明かり, 電球 |
| 한국어 | 전구 | 기발한 생각, 빛, 아이디어, 아하, 전구, 전기 |
| 中文（简体） | 灯泡 | 主意, 想法, 灯泡, 点子, 电, 电灯泡, 白炽灯 |
| 中文（繁體） | 燈泡 | 燈泡 |
Names in 97 more languages
| Afrikaans | gloeilamp |
|---|---|
| Akan | kanea bͻͻbo |
| Albanian | llambë |
| Amharic | አምፖል |
| Armenian | էլեկտրական լամպ |
| Assamese | বিজুলী-বাতি |
| Azerbaijani | işıq lampası |
| Bashkir | лампочка |
| Basque | bonbilla |
| Belarusian | лямпачка |
| Bosnian | sijalica |
| Breton | klogorenn |
| Bulgarian | електрическа крушка |
| Burmese | မီးလုံး |
| Cantonese | 燈膽 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 灯胆 |
| Catalan | bombeta |
| Cherokee | ᎠᏨᏍᏗ ᎦᏗ |
| Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) | 燈膽 |
| Chuvash | лампочка |
| Croatian | žarulja |
| Czech | žárovka |
| Danish | elpære |
| Estonian | lamp |
| Faroese | ljóspera |
| Filipino | bumbilya ng ilaw |
| Finnish | hehkulamppu |
| Galician | lámpada |
| Georgian | ნათურა |
| Gujarati | લાઇટનો બલ્બ |
| Hausa | kwan fitila |
| Hungarian | villanykörte |
| Icelandic | ljósapera |
| Igbo | ọkụ bọlbụ |
| Irish | bolgán solais |
| Javanese | bohlam |
| Kalaallisut | elpære |
| Kannada | ಬೆಳಕಿನ ಬಲ್ಬ್ |
| Kazakh | лампа |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | لامپا |
| Khmer | អំពូលពងមាន់ |
| Kinyarwanda | ampule |
| Konkani | लायटीचो दिवो |
| Kyrgyz | жарык лампочкасы |
| Kʼicheʼ | Tzijil kaxlan q’aq’ |
| Lao | ດອກໄຟ |
| Latin American Spanish | foco |
| Latvian | spuldze |
| Lithuanian | lemputė |
| Lower Sorbian | žaglawka |
| Luxembourgish | Bir |
| Macedonian | светилка |
| Malay | mentol lampu |
| Malayalam | ബൾബ് |
| Maltese | bozza |
| Marathi | प्रकाशाचा दिवा |
| Mongolian | гэрлийн чийдэн |
| Māori | puku mārama |
| Nepali | बत्तीको चिम |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Laít Bọlb |
| Northern Sotho | tlelupu |
| Norwegian | lyspære |
| Odia | ଲାଇଟ୍ ବଲ୍ୱ |
| Oromo | ampuulii |
| Pashto | د رڼا بلب |
| Punjabi | ਲਾਈਟ ਬੱਲਬ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | بتی آلا بلب |
| Quechua | kʼancha |
| Romanian | bec |
| Romansh | pair electric |
| Sardinian | lampadina |
| Scottish Gaelic | bolgan solais |
| Serbian | сијалица |
| Serbian (Latin) | sijalica |
| Shan | ဢွမ်ၾႆး |
| Sindhi | روشني جو بلب |
| Sinhala | විදුලි බුබුළ |
| Slovak | žiarovka |
| Slovenian | žarnica |
| Somali | laambad dab |
| Swahili | taa |
| Tajik | чароғак |
| Tamil | மின்விளக்கு |
| Telugu | బల్బ్ |
| Tigrinya | ኣምፑል መብራህቲ |
| Tongan | foʻi ʻuhila |
| Tswana | tleloupu |
| Turkmen | lampa |
| Upper Sorbian | žehlawka |
| Urdu | لائٹ بلب |
| Uyghur | لامپۇچكا |
| Uzbek | elektr lampasi |
| Welsh | bwlb golau |
| Wolof | àmpul |
| Xhosa | ibhalbhu yesibane |
| Yoruba | gólòbù iná |
| Zulu | igilobhu likagesi |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F4A1- HTML
💡- CSS
\1F4A1- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F4A1}- Python
\U0001F4A1- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 92 A1- UTF-16
D83D DCA1- URL encoded
%F0%9F%92%A1
Questions
What does the 💡 light bulb emoji mean?
A glowing light bulb is the classic symbol of a bright idea. Posts about ideas, inspiration, brainstorming and sudden realizations often include it, and so do tips, hints and anything to do with light and electricity.
How do I type the 💡 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “light bulb”. 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 :bulb:.
When was the 💡 emoji added?
💡 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.
What is the Unicode code point for 💡?
U+1F4A1. In HTML you can write 💡, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F4A1}.