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Light bulb

  • idea
  • electricity
  • light
  • bulb
U+1F4A1

The light bulb emoji, whose Unicode name is “light bulb”, is part of the Objects group. It is closely tied to idea, electricity and light, which is what people usually have in mind when they search for it. Scored 57 out of 100, it falls in the Neutral range.

Emoji copy and paste here also covers the code point and the HTML entity, which is what you want when Light bulb has to go into markup.

1. Light bulb emoji attributes

Symbol
💡
Name
Light bulb
English name
light bulb
Unicode code point
U+1F4A1
HTML entity
💡
Decimal
💡
Category
Objects›Electronics
Keywords
idea, electricity, light, bulb
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Size
Background
512 × 512 PNG · transparent background

2. Light bulb emoji meaning

The light bulb emoji is one of the digital devices such as phones and computers, and it is an everyday, high-frequency type in the emoji guide. It refers to devices, or expresses being online and productivity, with a direct shape that is easy to recognize. Placed at the start it opens a topic, placed at the end it closes the tone, and it sits naturally anywhere.

In everyday chat, the light bulb (💡) usually appears alongside words about idea, electricity and light. A few words of text make the intent clearer than the symbol on its own.

3. Light bulb emoji sentiment

Neutral
57 / 100

Scored 57 out of 100, this emoji sits in the Neutral range. The score sits in the middle because the symbol itself is neither warm nor cold.

A higher score means a more positive feeling; scores near 50 are neutral.

4. Light bulb emoji examples

  • 1Sent the files already 💡
  • 2Reading list for the week 💡
  • 3New gear arrived today 💡

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