# 🔦 Flashlight emoji

🔦 Flashlight is an emoji in the light and video set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: electric, light, tool and torch.

- Emoji: 🔦
- Unicode name: flashlight
- Code points: U+1F526
- Category: Objects, Light and video
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :flashlight:
- Keywords: electric, flashlight, light, tool, torch
- Page: https://emojichart.com/flashlight-emoji

## What it means

A handheld, battery-powered torch. It signals light in the dark, searching, camping and power outages, and people use it to mean looking for something or shining a light on an issue.

## How to type 🔦

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “flashlight”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “flashlight”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “flashlight”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “flashlight”.
- GitHub: Type :flashlight: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | linterna | linterna, luz |
| Français (fr) | torche | lampe électrique, lampe torche, lumière, outil, torche |
| Deutsch (de) | Taschenlampe | Lampe, Licht, Taschenlampe |
| Italiano (it) | torcia | elettrica, luce, pila, torcia |
| Português (pt) | lanterna | elétrica, ferramenta, lanterna, luz |
| Nederlands (nl) | zaklamp | elektrisch, lamp, licht, zaklamp, zaklantaarn |
| Svenska (sv) | ficklampa | ficklampa, lampa |
| Polski (pl) | latarka | elektryczna, lampka, latarka, światło |
| Türkçe (tr) | el feneri | el feneri, elektrik, ışık |
| Русский (ru) | фонарик | свет, фонарик, фонарь, электричество |
| Українська (uk) | ліхтарик | електричний, інструмент, ліхтарик, світло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | φακός | εργαλείο, ηλεκτρικό, φακός, φως |
| العربية (ar) | ضوء فلاش | اداة, الكتريك, ضوء, ضوء فلاش, كشاف, كهربائي |
| עברית (he) | פנס | אור, פנס, תאורה |
| فارسی (fa) | چراغ‌قوه | ابزار, الکتریسیته, چراغ‌قوه, نور |
| हिन्दी (hi) | टॉर्च | टॉर्च, प्रकाश, फ़्लैशलाइट, बिजली |
| বাংলা (bn) | ফ্ল্যাশ লাইট | আলো, ফ্ল্যাশ লাইট, বৈদ্যুতিক, মশাল, সরঞ্জাম |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | lampu senter | alat, cahaya, lampu senter, listrik, senter |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | đèn pin | ánh sáng, đèn pin, điện, dụng cụ |
| ไทย (th) | ไฟฉาย | เครื่องมือ, ไฟฉาย, ไฟฟ้า, แสง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 懐中電灯 | ライト, 懐中電灯, 明かり |
| 한국어 (ko) | 손전등 | 도구, 빛, 손전등, 전기, 전등, 플래시라이트 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 手电筒 | 光, 工具, 手电, 手电筒, 照明, 电筒 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 手電筒 | 手電筒 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): flits
- Akan (ak): tͻͻkye
- Albanian (sq): elektrik dore
- Amharic (am): የእጅ ባትሪ
- Armenian (hy): գրպանի լապտեր
- Assamese (as): ফ্লাশ্বলাইট
- Azerbaijani (az): fənər
- Bashkir (ba): фонарик
- Basque (eu): linterna
- Belarusian (be): ліхтарык
- Bosnian (bs): baterijska lampa
- Breton (br): etev-goulaouiñ
- Bulgarian (bg): фенерче
- Burmese (my): ဓာတ်မီး
- Canadian French (fr-CA): lampe de poche
- Cantonese (yue): 電筒
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 电筒
- Catalan (ca): llanterna
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏨᏍᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 電筒
- Chuvash (cv): хунар
- Croatian (hr): ručna svjetiljka
- Czech (cs): baterka
- Danish (da): lommelygte
- Estonian (et): taskulamp
- Faroese (fo): lummalykt
- Filipino (fil): flashlight
- Finnish (fi): taskulamppu
- Galician (gl): lanterna
- Georgian (ka): ფანარი
- Gujarati (gu): ફ્લેશલાઇટ
- Hausa (ha): tocila
- Hungarian (hu): zseblámpa
- Icelandic (is): vasaljós
- Igbo (ig): nchaọkụ
- Irish (ga): tóirse
- Javanese (jv): senter
- Kalaallisut (kl): lommelygte
- Kannada (kn): ಫ್ಲ್ಯಾಶ್‌ ಲೈಟ್
- Kazakh (kk): жарқыл жарығы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): جارقىل جارىعى
- Khmer (km): ពិល
- Kinyarwanda (rw): itoroshi
- Konkani (kok): फ्लॅशलायट
- Kyrgyz (ky): колчырак
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Tzuk’b’al
- Lao (lo): ໄຟສາຍ
- Latvian (lv): kabatas lukturītis
- Lithuanian (lt): žibintuvėlis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kapsna lampa
- Luxembourgish (lb): Täscheluucht
- Macedonian (mk): батериска ламба
- Malay (ms): lampu suluh
- Malayalam (ml): ടോർച്ച്
- Maltese (mt): torċ
- Marathi (mr): विजेरी
- Mongolian (mn): гар чийдэн
- Māori (mi): kōrama
- Nepali (ne): फ्ल्याश लाइट
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Tọ́chlait
- Northern Sotho (nso): lebone
- Norwegian (no): lommelykt
- Odia (or): ଫ୍ଲାଶ୍‌ଲାଇଟ୍‌
- Oromo (om): baatirii harkaa
- Pashto (ps): لاسي څراغ
- Punjabi (pa): ਫਲੈਸ਼ਲਾਈਟ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ٹارچ
- Quechua (qu): flash
- Romanian (ro): lanternă
- Romansh (rm): lampa da maun
- Sardinian (sc): tortza
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): toirds dealain
- Serbian (sr): батеријска лампа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): baterijska lampa
- Shan (shn): ၾႆးထၢတ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): فليش لائيٽ
- Sinhala (si): ෆ්ලෑෂ්ලයිට්
- Slovak (sk): baterka
- Slovenian (sl): svetilka
- Somali (so): toosh
- Swahili (sw): kurunzi
- Tajik (tg): фонус
- Tamil (ta): டார்ச் லைட்
- Telugu (te): టార్చ్ లైట్
- Tigrinya (ti): ፍላሽ ላምባ
- Tongan (to): kasa
- Tswana (tn): lebone la foleše
- Turkmen (tk): fonar
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kapsna lampa
- Urdu (ur): فلیش لائٹ
- Uyghur (ug): قولچىراق
- Uzbek (uz): fonar
- Welsh (cy): tortsh
- Wolof (wo): làmp-tors
- Xhosa (xh): isibane
- Yoruba (yo): iná fílásì
- Zulu (zu): ithoshi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F526` |
| HTML | `🔦` |
| CSS | `\1F526` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F526}` |
| Python | `\U0001F526` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 94 A6` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DD26` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%94%A6` |

## Questions

### What does the 🔦 flashlight emoji mean?

A handheld, battery-powered torch. It signals light in the dark, searching, camping and power outages, and people use it to mean looking for something or shining a light on an issue.

### How do I type the 🔦 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “flashlight”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :flashlight:.

### When was the 🔦 emoji added?

🔦 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🔦?

U+1F526. In HTML you can write 🔦, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F526}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/flashlight-emoji