Alchemical Symbols (Unicode block)

Alchemical Symbols
Alchemical Symbols
Range	U+1F700..U+1F77F; (128 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Common
Assigned	124 code points
Unused	4 reserved code points
Unicode version history
6.0 (2010)	116 (+116)
15.0 (2022)	124 (+8)
Unicode documentation
	Code chart ∣ Web page
	Note:

Alchemical Symbols is a Unicode block containing symbols for chemicals and substances used in ancient and medieval alchemy texts. Many of the symbols are duplicates or redundant with previous characters.^[3]

This article contains Unicode alchemical symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of alchemical symbols.

Few fonts support more than a few characters in this block as of 2021. One that does and is free for personal use is Symbola 14.0.

Block

Alchemical Symbols^[1]^[2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
U+1F70x	🜀	🜁	🜂	🜃	🜄	🜅	🜆	🜇	🜈	🜉	🜊	🜋	🜌	🜍	🜎	🜏
U+1F71x	🜐	🜑	🜒	🜓	🜔	🜕	🜖	🜗	🜘	🜙	🜚	🜛	🜜	🜝	🜞	🜟
U+1F72x	🜠	🜡	🜢	🜣	🜤	🜥	🜦	🜧	🜨	🜩	🜪	🜫	🜬	🜭	🜮	🜯
U+1F73x	🜰	🜱	🜲	🜳	🜴	🜵	🜶	🜷	🜸	🜹	🜺	🜻	🜼	🜽	🜾	🜿
U+1F74x	🝀	🝁	🝂	🝃	🝄	🝅	🝆	🝇	🝈	🝉	🝊	🝋	🝌	🝍	🝎	🝏
U+1F75x	🝐	🝑	🝒	🝓	🝔	🝕	🝖	🝗	🝘	🝙	🝚	🝛	🝜	🝝	🝞	🝟
U+1F76x	🝠	🝡	🝢	🝣	🝤	🝥	🝦	🝧	🝨	🝩	🝪	🝫	🝬	🝭	🝮	🝯
U+1F77x	🝰	🝱	🝲	🝳	🝴	🝵	🝶					🝻	🝼	🝽	🝾	🝿
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Alchemical Symbols block:

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
6.0	U+1F700..1F773	116	L2/06-360		Lopez, Tamara (2006-10-30), Proposal on Newton Symbols
			L2/07-422		Kass, James (2007-12-25), A preliminary collection of alchemical symbols
			L2/08-313		Newman, William R.; Walsh, John A.; Kowalczyk, Stacy; Hooper, Wallace E. (2008-08-12), Toward a Proposal for an Alchemy Unicode Plane
			L2/08-390		Newman, William R.; Walsh, John A.; Kowalczyk, Stacy; Hooper, Wallace E. (2008-10-27), Proposal for Alchemy Symbols in Unicode
			L2/09-003R		Moore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "B.15.14", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes
			L2/09-037R2	N3584	Newman, William R.; Walsh, John A.; Kowalczyk, Stacy; Hooper, Wallace E. (2009-03-06), Proposal for Alchemical Symbols in Unicode
			L2/09-234	N3603 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.10", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
			L2/09-412	N3722	Suignard, Michel (2009-10-26), Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4078 (PDAM text for Amendment 8 to ISO/IEC 10646:2003)
			L2/09-395		Whistler, Ken (2009-10-29), "Name Changes for Alchemical Symbols", WG2 Consent Docket
			L2/09-335R		Moore, Lisa (2009-11-10), "Consensus 121-C17", UTC #121 / L2 #218 Minutes
			L2/10-119	N3813	Parker, Robert; et al. (2010-03-21), Comments on spelling SULPHUR vs SULFUR in FPDAM 8
			L2/10-128	N3818	Hooper, Wallace E.; et al. (2010-03-29), Further Comments on the spelling SULPHUR vs SULFUR in FPDAM 8
			L2/10-137	N3828	Suignard, Michel (2010-04-22), Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4123 (FPDAM text for Amendment 8 to ISO/IEC 10646:2003)
			L2/10-152		Anderson, Deborah (2010-04-28), Brief report from WG2 Meeting #56, San Jose
			L2/23-083		Anderson, Deborah; Kučera, Jan; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2023-04-21), "5 Alchemical Symbols", Recommendations to UTC #175 April 2023 on Script Proposals
			L2/23-069R2		Miller, Kirk (2023-04-28), Revised designs of the alchemical symbols block [Affects U+1F741, 1F747, 1F74C, 1F74F, 1F756, 1F758, 1F763, 1F768, 1F76D, and 1F76E]
			L2/23-076		Constable, Peter (2023-05-01), "Consensus 175-C17", UTC #175 Minutes, Accept the glyph changes for the Alchemical Symbols block
15.0	U+1F774..1F776	3	L2/22-005		Miller, Kirk (2021-12-23), Unicode request for Lot of Fortune and eclipse symbols
			L2/22-023		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2022-01-22), "18. Lot of Fortune and Eclipse Symbols", Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals
			L2/22-016		Constable, Peter (2022-04-21), "Consensus 170-C11", UTC #170 Minutes
	U+1F77B..1F77F	5	L2/21-224		Miller, Kirk (2021-10-26), Unicode request for dwarf-planet symbols
			L2/22-023		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2022-01-22), "16. Dwarf Planet Symbols", Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals
			L2/22-016		Constable, Peter (2022-04-21), "Consensus 170-C10", UTC #170 Minutes
^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

External links

Wiktionary:Appendix:Unicode/Alchemical Symbols

References

^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ Unicode L2/09-037R2

[final-4] Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

[1] "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

[2] "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

[3] Unicode L2/09-037R2

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Alchemical Symbols
Range	U+1F700..U+1F77F (128 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Common
Assigned	124 code points
Unused	4 reserved code points
Unicode version history

6.0 (2010)	116 (+116)
15.0 (2022)	124 (+8)

Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: ^[1]^[2]