💡 Meaning – Light Bulb Emoji

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The image of a yellow light bulb as if it is lit is the emoji symbol of a sudden idea or notion. It typically refers to the fact that a new concept or idea has popped into someone’s head. Light Bulb Emoji can mean “I’ve got a new idea! Let’s go to the seaside for your birthday!”.

The Light Bulb Emoji appeared in 2010, and also known as the Light Bulb Symbol. Sometimes it is mentioned as the Lightbulb Emoji.

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Light Bulb Emoji details

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Uncode codepoint: U+1F4A1
Unicode name: Light Bulb
Category: Objects / Light & Video
Keywords: comic, electric, light
Windows Alt-code: Alt+1F4A1
Decimal HTML Entity: 💡
Hex HTML Entity: 💡
UTF-16 hex: 0xD83D 0xDCA1
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb
Version: Unicode 6.0
Year: 2010 (see all emoji of 2010)

🌐 Light Bulb Emoji translations

Language	CLDR Name	Keywords
Deutsch	Glühbirne	Idee, Licht
Français	ampoule	dessin, idée, lumière
Русский	лампочка	идея, лампа, свет, эврика, электричество
Español	bombilla	cómic, electricidad, idea, luz
Italiano	lampadina	elettrica, fumetto, idea, luce
Português	lâmpada	elétrica, ideia, luz, quadrinhos
Polski	żarówka	pomysł, światło

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How to type Light Bulb Emoji

There are number of methods to type Light Bulb Emoji. Easiest way is to copy & paste, but other methods, like windows alt-codes and HTML-entities (for web sites) are also popular enough.

You may use this Copy and Paste Emoji List to copy/type emoji one-by-one or this Online Emoji Keyboard to write all your message at one time and copy it when finished.

Copy and paste 💡 emoji

It's very easy to get Light Bulb Emoji both on computer and mobile without any emoji keyboard installed. All you need is to select, copy and paste this symbol: . Select this like a regular text, and copy to the clipboard. After doing that, switch to another website or application and paste emoji using context menu or keyboard. Hint: use Ctrl/Cmd+C keys to copy, and Ctrl/Cmd+V to paste emoji.

Even if emoji symbol or smiley looks like a black square or question mark, it most probably will be converted into appropriate image by web site or application where you paste it.

To avoid misunderstandings, first carefully read 💡 meaning and look at 💡 pictures before sending it to somebody: some emoji don't mean what you think they mean ;-)

💡 emoji Alt-codes for Windows

It's easy to type emoji or any other Unicode character with code value up to U+0ffff by it's alt-code in MS Windows. Here are instructions.

Press and hold Alt key on keyboard.

Hit the Plus (+) button on numeric keypad.

Type the hexadecimal Unicode value digit-by-digit

Now release the Alt key and you'll see your character.

Note 1. This method works only for unicode codepoints U+0ffff and bellow.

Note 2. If this trick does not work, you should check some settings in your Windows Registry. If you don't know what the Registry is, please don't try this! Run regedit.exe and navigate to the HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method branch. Add EnableHexNumpad key with type of REG_SZ and set it to "1". You may need to log off and back on to enable this input type.