U+1F54E "🕎" Menorah with Nine Branches Unicode Character

U+1F54E "🕎" Menorah with Nine Branches is a pictographic symbol representing the Hanukkah menorah, also known as a hanukkiah, which holds nine candle holders: one for each of the eight nights of the Jewish Festival of Lights and a central, raised ninth branch for the shamash, or helper candle, used to light the others. This character is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block and is commonly used in digital communication to denote the holiday of Hanukkah, Jewish cultural identity, or the themes of light and miracles associated with the celebration. Unlike the seven-branched menorah used in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem, this nine-branched version specifically commemorates the story of the oil that miraculously burned for eight days in the rededicated Temple.