Bright Ideas! Illuminate your thoughts with the Light Bulb emoji, a symbol of ideas and innovation.
A light bulb, representing bright ideas and innovation. The Light Bulb emoji is commonly used to represent new ideas, creativity, and inspiration. If someone sends you a 💡 emoji, it likely means they have a new idea, are feeling inspired, or are discussing innovation.
The 💡 Light Bulb emoji represents or means an idea, a moment of inspiration, or a sudden realization. It is a visual metaphor for having a 'light bulb moment' or coming up with a new idea.
Simply click on the 💡 emoji above to instantly copy it to your clipboard. You can then paste it anywhere - in messages, social media, documents, or any app that supports emojis.
The 💡 light bulb emoji was introduced in Emoji E0.6 and is now supported across all major platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS.
The 💡 light bulb emoji belongs to the ꑾꑘ category, specifically in the Light & Video subcategory.
The "light bulb moment" idiom dates to early 20th century cartoons showing bulbs appearing above characters' heads when they had ideas. This visual metaphor connecting illumination with mental enlightenment made the emoji perfect for inspiration.
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| Unicode Name | Electric Light Bulb |
| Apple Name | Light Bulb |
| Also Known As | Light Bulb, Idea |
| Unicode Hexadecimal | U+1F4A1 |
| Unicode Decimal | U+128161 |
| Escape Sequence | \u1f4a1 |
| Group | 💎 ꑾꑘ |
| Subgroup | 🎥 Light & Video |
| Proposals | L2/09-026, L2/07-257 |
| Unicode Version | 6.0 | 2010 |
| Emoji Version | 1.0 | 2015 |
| Unicode Name | Electric Light Bulb |
| Apple Name | Light Bulb |
| Also Known As | Light Bulb, Idea |
| Unicode Hexadecimal | U+1F4A1 |
| Unicode Decimal | U+128161 |
| Escape Sequence | \u1f4a1 |
| Group | 💎 ꑾꑘ |
| Subgroup | 🎥 Light & Video |
| Proposals | L2/09-026, L2/07-257 |
| Unicode Version | 6.0 | 2010 |
| Emoji Version | 1.0 | 2015 |