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💡 Light Bulb
Also searched as: idea.
- Emoji
- 💡
- Unicode
- U+1F4A1
- Shortcode
- :bulb:
- HTML code
- 💡
- Approved in
- Unicode 6.0 (2010)
- Category
- Objects
What does the 💡 emoji mean?
A light bulb. A bright idea.
Keywords: bulb, comic, electric, idea, light.
How 💡 looks on each platform
Every company draws its own version of the same emoji.
Apple, Samsung and WhatsApp designs are copyrighted by each company, so we don't publish them as images. Open this page on an iPhone and the “Your device” box shows Apple's version; on a Samsung Galaxy, Samsung's.
How to type 💡 on your keyboard
| iPhone | Open the keyboard, tap the emoji button 😀 and type “light bulb” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “light bulb”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “light bulb”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “light bulb”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :bulb: |
💡 emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | light bulb |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+1F4A1 |
| HTML decimal | 💡 |
| HTML hex | 💡 |
| CSS | \1F4A1 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F4A1} |
| Shortcode | :bulb: |
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What does the 💡 emoji mean?
A light bulb. A bright idea.
How do I copy and paste the light bulb emoji?
Tap Copy emoji on this page and paste it anywhere: WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, an email or a document. You can also find it on your phone's emoji keyboard by searching “light bulb”.
When was the 💡 emoji released?
It was approved in Unicode 6.0, in 2010. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.