Light bulb Emoji

Objects

A glowing yellow light bulb, typically depicted with a warm, lit filament and a metallic screw base. It serves as a universal sign for illumination and sudden cognitive breakthroughs.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent a new concept, a flash of inspiration, or the moment someone finally understands a difficult topic. It is frequently sent alongside 🧠 to signal deep thinking or a productive brainstorming session.

History

Adopted into Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the light bulb became a staple of digital communication as a modern take on the classic cartoon trope where a bulb appears over a character's head to indicate a bright idea.

Details

Glyph

💡

Unicode

U+1F4A1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4a1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCA1;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory light & video

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository