🪔️ Diya lamp emoji
HTML
🪔
Unicode
U+1FA94
What is 🪔️ called?
🪔️ is called the Diya lamp emoji.
It is also known as Diwali lamp, clay oil lamp, or deepam. These are natural common, regional, technical, or appearance-based terms rather than extra official names; Unicode’s official name is diya lamp.
What does 🪔️ mean?
🪔 is officially named diya lamp. A diya lamp, a traditional oil lamp used in Hindu, Sikh, and other South Asian religious and cultural practices. Made of clay with a cotton wick soaked in oil or ghee, providing sacred illumination for prayers, festivals, and spiritual ceremonies.
Use it for literal references to diya lamp and for diwali, Hindu festivals, spirituality, Indian culture, religious observance, sacred lighting. A diya is a small oil lamp used across South Asian religious and cultural traditions and prominently during Diwali; it is not a candle. Related choices include 🔦 Flashlight and 🏮 Red paper lantern.
Other meanings
It can mean diwali, Hindu festivals, spirituality, Indian culture, religious observance, sacred lighting. Context determines whether a message is literal, lighting-related, cultural, spiritual, commemorative, or figurative.
Example Usage
Lighting diyas 🪔 for Diwali celebrations tonight
The technology, media, or lighting note shows diya lamp 🪔
More details
Officially named diya lamp. Its code point is U+1FA94. It was introduced in Emoji 12.0.
Visual description
A small clay oil lamp with a bright flame, showing the traditional diya design used in South Asian spiritual and cultural practices.
A diya is a small oil lamp used across South Asian religious and cultural traditions and prominently during Diwali; it is not a candle. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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