# 💡 Light bulb emoji

💡 Light bulb is an emoji in the light and video set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: comic, electric and idea.

- Emoji: 💡
- Unicode name: light bulb
- Code points: U+1F4A1
- Category: Objects, Light and video
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :bulb:
- Keywords: bulb, comic, electric, idea, light
- Page: https://emojichart.com/light-bulb-emoji

## What it means

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 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 (es) | bombilla | bombilla, cómic, electricidad, idea, luz |
| Français (fr) | ampoule | allumer, ampoule, bande dessinée, BD, dessin, idée, lampe, lumière |
| Deutsch (de) | Glühbirne | Glühbirne, hell, Idee, Lampe, Licht |
| Italiano (it) | lampadina | brillante, elettrica, elettricità, eureka, fumetto, geniale, idea, lampadina, luce |
| Português (pt) | lâmpada | elétrica, ideia, lâmpada, luz, quadrinhos, tenho uma ideia |
| Nederlands (nl) | gloeilamp | elektrisch, gloeilamp, idee, lamp, licht, peertje, strip |
| Svenska (sv) | glödlampa | elektrisk, fått en idé, glödlampa, lampa |
| Polski (pl) | żarówka | idea, pomysł, prąd, światło, żarówka |
| Türkçe (tr) | ampul | ampul, bir fikrim var, çizgi roman, elektrik, ışık |
| Русский (ru) | лампочка | идея, лампа, лампочка, свет, эврика, электричество |
| Українська (uk) | лампочка | електричний, ідея, лампочка, малюнок, світло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | λαμπτήρας | ηλεκτρικό, ιδέα, κόμικ, λαμπτήρας, φως |
| العربية (ar) | مصباح مضاء | فكرة, كهرباء, لمبة مضيئة, مصباح مضاء |
| עברית (he) | נורה | אור, חשמל, נורה, רעיון |
| فارسی (fa) | لامپ | الکتریسیته, ایده, برق, حباب, لامپ, نور |
| हिन्दी (hi) | लाइट बल्ब, विचार | कॉमिक, प्रकाश, बल्ब, बिजली, लाइट बल्ब, लाइट बल्ब, विचार, विचार |
| বাংলা (bn) | আলোর বাল্ব | আলো, আলোর বাল্ব, কমিক, ধারণা, বাল্ব, বৈদ্যুতিক |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | bohlam | bohlam, bola lampu, cahaya, elektrik, ide, komik, lampu |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bóng đèn | ánh sáng, bóng đèn, điện, hài hước, ý tưởng |
| ไทย (th) | หลอดไฟ | ปิ๊งไอเดีย, หลอดไฟ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 電球 | ぴこーん, ひらめき, マンガ, 明かり, 電球 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 전구 | 기발한 생각, 빛, 아이디어, 아하, 전구, 전기 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 灯泡 | 主意, 想法, 灯泡, 点子, 电, 电灯泡, 白炽灯 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 燈泡 | 燈泡 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): gloeilamp
- Akan (ak): kanea bͻͻbo
- Albanian (sq): llambë
- Amharic (am): አምፖል
- Armenian (hy): էլեկտրական լամպ
- Assamese (as): বিজুলী-বাতি
- Azerbaijani (az): işıq lampası
- Bashkir (ba): лампочка
- Basque (eu): bonbilla
- Belarusian (be): лямпачка
- Bosnian (bs): sijalica
- Breton (br): klogorenn
- Bulgarian (bg): електрическа крушка
- Burmese (my): မီးလုံး
- Cantonese (yue): 燈膽
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 灯胆
- Catalan (ca): bombeta
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏨᏍᏗ ᎦᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 燈膽
- Chuvash (cv): лампочка
- Croatian (hr): žarulja
- Czech (cs): žárovka
- Danish (da): elpære
- Estonian (et): lamp
- Faroese (fo): ljóspera
- Filipino (fil): bumbilya ng ilaw
- Finnish (fi): hehkulamppu
- Galician (gl): lámpada
- Georgian (ka): ნათურა
- Gujarati (gu): લાઇટનો બલ્બ
- Hausa (ha): kwan fitila
- Hungarian (hu): villanykörte
- Icelandic (is): ljósapera
- Igbo (ig): ọkụ bọlbụ
- Irish (ga): bolgán solais
- Javanese (jv): bohlam
- Kalaallisut (kl): elpære
- Kannada (kn): ಬೆಳಕಿನ ಬಲ್ಬ್
- Kazakh (kk): лампа
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): لامپا
- Khmer (km): អំពូលពងមាន់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ampule
- Konkani (kok): लायटीचो दिवो
- Kyrgyz (ky): жарык лампочкасы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Tzijil kaxlan q’aq’
- Lao (lo): ດອກໄຟ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): foco
- Latvian (lv): spuldze
- Lithuanian (lt): lemputė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): žaglawka
- Luxembourgish (lb): Bir
- Macedonian (mk): светилка
- Malay (ms): mentol lampu
- Malayalam (ml): ബൾബ്
- Maltese (mt): bozza
- Marathi (mr): प्रकाशाचा दिवा
- Mongolian (mn): гэрлийн чийдэн
- Māori (mi): puku mārama
- Nepali (ne): बत्तीको चिम
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Laít Bọlb
- Northern Sotho (nso): tlelupu
- Norwegian (no): lyspære
- Odia (or): ଲାଇଟ୍‌ ବଲ୍ୱ
- Oromo (om): ampuulii
- Pashto (ps): د رڼا بلب
- Punjabi (pa): ਲਾਈਟ ਬੱਲਬ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): بتی آلا بلب
- Quechua (qu): kʼancha
- Romanian (ro): bec
- Romansh (rm): pair electric
- Sardinian (sc): lampadina
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): bolgan solais
- Serbian (sr): сијалица
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): sijalica
- Shan (shn): ဢွမ်ၾႆး
- Sindhi (sd): روشني جو بلب
- Sinhala (si): විදුලි බුබුළ
- Slovak (sk): žiarovka
- Slovenian (sl): žarnica
- Somali (so): laambad dab
- Swahili (sw): taa
- Tajik (tg): чароғак
- Tamil (ta): மின்விளக்கு
- Telugu (te): బల్బ్
- Tigrinya (ti): ኣምፑል መብራህቲ
- Tongan (to): foʻi ʻuhila
- Tswana (tn): tleloupu
- Turkmen (tk): lampa
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): žehlawka
- Urdu (ur): لائٹ بلب
- Uyghur (ug): لامپۇچكا
- Uzbek (uz): elektr lampasi
- Welsh (cy): bwlb golau
- Wolof (wo): àmpul
- Xhosa (xh): ibhalbhu yesibane
- Yoruba (yo): gólòbù iná
- Zulu (zu): igilobhu likagesi

## Codes

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

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