fire
fire meaning
The fire emoji 🔥 literally shows a flame, but online it almost always means something is excellent — 'hot', impressive, or trending. Calling a song, outfit, photo, or performance 'fire' is high praise, and doubling or tripling the emoji turns up the enthusiasm.
Meaning
The fire emoji 🔥 literally shows a flame, but online it almost always means something is excellent — 'hot', impressive, or trending. Calling a song, outfit, photo, or performance 'fire' is high praise, and doubling or tripling the emoji turns up the enthusiasm. It also carries its literal senses (heat, cooking, danger, and 'lit' energy) and appears in slang like 'this is fire' or a 'fire' take. Versatile and overwhelmingly positive, it's one of the most common ways to hype someone up.
Trend over time
Wikipedia pageviews (CC-BY-SA) — Fire
How to use it
- This new track is straight fire 🔥
- Your outfit today 🔥🔥
- That was a fire performance, congrats!
How it looks
OFL-1.1 / Apache-2.0
Google Noto Color Emoji — SIL OFL 1.1 (font) / Apache 2.0 (code).
CC-BY-4.0
Twemoji by Twitter/X contributors — CC-BY-4.0 (jdecked/twemoji).
CC-BY-SA-4.0
OpenMoji by the HfG Karlsruhe — CC-BY-SA-4.0.
Apache-2.0
Blobmoji — Apache-2.0 (derivative of Noto).
Emoji look different on Apple, Google, Samsung, and other platforms.
Related emoji
Combos with fire
This emoji in other languages
Available in 100 languages
Show all language names
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | vuur |
| አማርኛ | እሳት |
| العربية | حريق |
| অসমীয়া | অগ্নি |
| azərbaycan | alov |
| башҡорт | ут |
| беларуская | агонь |
| български | огън |
| বাংলা | আগুন |
| bosanski | vatra |
| català | foc |
| ᏣᎳᎩ | ᎠᏥᎳ |
| čeština | oheň |
| чӑваш чӗлхи | вут-ҫулӑм |
| Cymraeg | tân |
| Deutsch | Feuer |
| dolnoserbšćina | wogeń |
| Ελληνικά | φωτιά |
| English | fire |
| español | fuego |
| eesti | tuli |
| euskara | sua |
| فارسی | آتش |
| suomi | tuli |
| Filipino | apoy |
| føroyskt | eldur |
| français | feu |
| Gaeilge | tine |
| Gàidhlig | teine |
| galego | lume |
| ગુજરાતી | અગ્નિ |
| Hausa | wuta |
| עברית | אש |
| हिन्दी | आग |
| hrvatski | vatra |
| hornjoserbšćina | woheń |
| magyar | tűz |
| հայերեն | կրակ |
| Indonesia | api |
| íslenska | eldur |
| italiano | fuoco |
| 日本語 | 火 |
| Jawa | geni |
| ქართული | ცეცხლი |
| қазақ тілі | өрт |
| قازاق ءتىلى (توتە) | ءورت |
| ខ្មែរ | ភ្លើង |
| ಕನ್ನಡ | ಬೆಂಕಿ |
| 한국어 | 불 |
| कोंकणी | उजो |
| кыргызча | от |
| ລາວ | ໄຟ |
| lietuvių | ugnis |
| latviešu | uguns |
| македонски | оган |
| മലയാളം | തീ |
| монгол | гал |
| मराठी | अग्नी |
| Melayu | api |
| မြန်မာ | မီး |
| नेपाली | आगो |
| Nederlands | vuur |
| norsk | ild |
| ଓଡ଼ିଆ | ନିଆଁ |
| ਪੰਜਾਬੀ | ਅੱਗ |
| Naijíriá Píjin | Fáya |
| polski | ogień |
| پښتو | اور |
| português | fogo |
| rumantsch | fieu |
| română | foc |
| русский | огонь |
| سنڌي | باھ |
| တႆး | ၽႆး |
| සිංහල | ගින්න |
| slovenčina | oheň |
| slovenščina | ogenj |
| Soomaali | dab |
| shqip | zjarr |
| српски | ватра |
| srpski | vatra |
| svenska | eld |
| Kiswahili | moto |
| தமிழ் | தீ |
| తెలుగు | నిప్పు |
| ไทย | ไฟ |
| ትግርኛ | ሓዊ |
| türkmen dili | ýangyn |
| lea fakatonga | afi |
| Türkçe | ateş |
| українська | вогонь |
| اردو | آگ |
| o‘zbek | olov |
| Tiếng Việt | lửa |
| Èdè Yorùbá | Iná |
| 粵語 | 火 |
| 粤语 | 火 |
| 中文 | 火焰 |
| 繁體中文 | 火 |
| isiZulu | umlimo |
Technical details
- Codepoints
- U+1F525
- Emoji version
- 0.6
- Shortcodes
- :fire:
- Category
- Travel & Places
FAQ
- What does the fire emoji (🔥) mean?
- The fire emoji 🔥 literally shows a flame, but online it almost always means something is excellent — 'hot', impressive, or trending. Calling a song, outfit, photo, or performance 'fire' is high praise, and doubling or tripling the emoji turns up the enthusiasm.
- How do you type the fire emoji?
- Copy the fire emoji 🔥 directly from this page and paste it anywhere — messages, social media, documents, or code. On mobile, long-press to copy.
- What category is the fire emoji in?
- The fire emoji belongs to the Travel & Places category.
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