Candle emoji 🕯️
🕯️ is the candle: a single lit white candle. It means remembrance and vigils — “lighting a candle for…”, memorial posts with 🤍 🕊️, anniversaries of loss — and cosy…
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What the candle 🕯️ emoji means
🕯️ is the candle: a single lit white candle. It means remembrance and vigils — “lighting a candle for…”, memorial posts with 🤍 🕊️, anniversaries of loss — and cosy, calm evenings: scented candles, baths, hygge. It also marks power cuts, romantic dinners and prayer. Added in Emoji 1.0 (2015) with a variation selector. Related: 🪔 diya lamp, 🙏 folded hands, 🕊️ dove; the cake candles are on 🎂 birthday.
Unicode name: candle · U+1F56F U+FE0F · Emoji 0.7 (original set) · group: Objects.
How people use it
- Remembrance: memorials, vigils, anniversaries
- Cosy: candles, baths, hygge
- Prayer: with 🙏
- Romance: candlelit dinners
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| candleU+1F56F U+FE0F | Remembrance, cosy | |
| diya lampU+1FA94 | Oil lamp, Diwali | |
| folded handsU+1F64F | Prayer | |
| white heartU+1F90D | Remembrance | |
| birthday cakeU+1F382 | Birthday candles |
Questions people ask
What does 🕯️ mean?
A candle — remembrance and vigils, or a cosy evening.
What does 🕯️🤍 mean?
In memory of someone — a memorial post.
What does 🕯️ mean from a girl?
A cosy night in, or a self-care evening.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
