Menorah

The 🕎 Menorah emoji belongs to the religious symbols, filed by Unicode under Symbols. In practice it comes up around candelabrum, candlestick, hanukkah and jewish. The keyword list continues with judaism and religion.

You can drop 🕎 into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Religion and Belief. Added in 2015 with Emoji 1.0, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. Its code point is U+1F54E.

• 🕎 on its own already flags the topic: candelabrum.
• Fits messages about candelabrum, candlestick, hanukkah and jewish.
• Often seen near ☪️ Star and Crescent, 🔯 Dotted Six-Pointed Star and ☮️ Peace Symbol.

The Hanukkah lamp has nine branches and should not be confused with the seven-branched Temple menorah, the emblem of Israel. Eight branches stand for the eight days of the festival of lights; the ninth – the shamash – is used to light the others.

The festival marks the rededication of the Temple: tradition holds that consecrated oil enough for one day burned for eight.

• 🕎☯️ – Menorah and Yin Yang
• 🕎✝️ – Menorah with Latin Cross
• 🕎☪️ – Menorah plus Star and Crescent
• 🕎☦️ – Menorah and Orthodox Cross
• 🕎🔯 – Menorah with Dotted Six-Pointed Star
• 🕎⚛️ – Menorah plus Atom Symbol
• 🕎✡️ – Menorah and Star of David
• 🕎☮️ – Menorah with Peace Symbol

Easy to mix up with ☪️ Star and Crescent, 🔯 Dotted Six-Pointed Star or ☮️ Peace Symbol. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.