U+1F706 "🜆" Alchemical Symbol for Aqua Regia Unicode Character

U+1F706 "🜆" Alchemical Symbol for Aqua Regia is a historic glyph used in medieval and Renaissance alchemy to represent the powerful chemical solution known as aqua regia, a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids capable of dissolving gold and other noble metals. This symbol, part of the Alchemical Symbols block in Unicode, visually resembles a stylized crucible or vessel with an upward-pointing arrow or flame-like element, reflecting the transformative and corrosive nature of the substance. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows modern digital texts to reference this ancient conceptual tool, preserving a link to early scientific thought and the symbolic language that preceded modern chemistry.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F706
Version Added	6.0
Name	Alchemical Symbol for Aqua Regia
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 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF06
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F706
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf06

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