Menorah Emoji

Symbols

A golden, nine-branched candelabrum, typically depicted with lit candles or oil lamps. This represents the traditional lampstand used during religious observances, specifically the Hanukkah festival.

Usage Context

Widely used during the month of December to celebrate Hanukkah or to discuss Jewish culture and heritage. It serves as a digital shorthand for lighting candles, holiday greetings, or religious traditions, and is frequently seen alongside the ✡️ Star of David or 🕎 candles in social media posts.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, this emoji was included to provide better representation for religious and cultural holidays. Its design draws from the physical Chanukiah used in homes and synagogues to commemorate the miracle of the oil in the Temple of Jerusalem.

Details

Glyph

🕎

Unicode

U+1F54E

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f54e:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD4E;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory religion

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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