🕯️ Candle emoji
HTML
🕯
Unicode
U+1F56F
What is 🕯️ called?
🕯️ is called the Candle emoji.
It is also known as wax candle, lit candle, or candlelight. These are natural common, regional, technical, or appearance-based terms rather than extra official names; Unicode’s official name is candle.
What does 🕯️ mean?
🕯️ is officially named candle. It shows 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.
Use it for literal references to candle and for romance, ambiance, relaxation, spirituality, ceremony, gentle lighting, warmth. The burning candle can mean light, remembrance, vigils, worship, birthdays, or calm; its use is broader than one ceremony. Related choices include 💡 Light bulb and 🔦 Flashlight.
Other meanings
It can mean romance, ambiance, relaxation, spirituality, ceremony, gentle lighting, warmth. Context determines whether a message is literal, lighting-related, cultural, spiritual, commemorative, or figurative.
Example Usage
Setting the mood with candles 🕯️ for dinner tonight
The technology, media, or lighting note shows candle 🕯️
More details
Officially named candle. Its code point is U+1F56F. It was introduced in Emoji 1.0.
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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.
The burning candle can mean light, remembrance, vigils, worship, birthdays, or calm; its use is broader than one ceremony. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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