🕯️ Candle emoji

A candle with a bright flame, representing illumination, warmth, romance, and peaceful ambiance. Provides gentle lighting through wax combustion, creating intimate atmospheres for dining, relaxation, ceremonies, and special occasions.

Candles have served humanity for thousands of years as primary light sources before electricity, and continue as decorative elements for creating mood, marking celebrations, religious ceremonies, and romantic settings. They symbolize hope, remembrance, and spiritual practices.

Represents cozy environments, romantic dinners, meditation, religious observances, and peaceful moments. Often used to convey warmth, intimacy, relaxation, or spiritual themes. Related to 🔥 Fire for flame and 💡 Light bulb for illumination concepts.

Could also be called Wax candle, flame candle or mood lighting emoji.

Other meanings

Romance, ambiance, relaxation, spirituality, ceremony, gentle lighting, warmth

Example Usage

Setting the mood with candles 🕯️ for dinner tonight

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Visual description

A cylindrical wax candle with a bright yellow flame dancing at the top, showing the classic design of traditional lighting.

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