U+1F700 "🜀" Alchemical Symbol for Quintessence Unicode Character

U+1F700 "🜀" Alchemical Symbol for Quintessence is a historical typographic glyph representing the fifth element or "aether" in classical alchemy, often depicted as a simplified star or four-pointed star-like shape to denote the pure, incorruptible substance that was believed to form the celestial bodies and underlie all matter. This symbol was used in medieval and Renaissance alchemical texts to signify the ultimate goal of the alchemist's work, the elusive and perfect essence from which all other elements were derived and which could confer immortality or perfect transmutation. Its inclusion in Unicode as part of the Alchemical Symbols block preserves this arcane visual language for modern digital use, offering a direct link to the philosophical and protoscientific traditions of Western esotericism.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F700
Version Added	6.0
Name	Alchemical Symbol for Quintessence
Block	Alchemical Symbols
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🜀
HTML Hex Encoding	🜀
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0x9C 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF00
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F700
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf00

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other