U+1F701 "🜁" Alchemical Symbol for Air Unicode Character

U+1F701 "🜁" Alchemical Symbol for Air is a historical typographic glyph representing the classical element of air, often depicted as an upward-pointing triangle crossed by a horizontal line in alchemical and early chemical texts. It originates from medieval European alchemy, where such symbols were used to denote elements, processes, and substances in manuscripts and treatises. This particular symbol is part of the Alchemical Symbols block in Unicode, which was added to preserve and digitize these esoteric signs for modern use in computing and scholarly communication. Its inclusion allows writers, historians, and enthusiasts to accurately reference alchemical concepts in digital formats, maintaining a link between ancient knowledge and contemporary technology.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F701
Version Added	6.0
Name	Alchemical Symbol for Air
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 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF01
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F701
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf01

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