U+1F708 "🜈" Alchemical Symbol for Aqua Vitae Unicode Character

U+1F708 "🜈" Alchemical Symbol for Aqua Vitae is a historical typographic sign drawn from the complex visual language of medieval and Renaissance alchemy, where it represented "aqua vitae," a Latin term meaning "water of life." In alchemical practice, this symbol typically referred to concentrated alcohol or distilled spirits, which were prized not only for their medicinal and preservative properties but also for their perceived ability to purify and transform matter, mirroring the alchemists' broader quest for spiritual and material enlightenment. As part of the Alchemical Symbols block in Unicode, this character serves to digitally preserve and represent these esoteric emblems, allowing modern scholars, historians, and enthusiasts to accurately reference and communicate ancient chemical and philosophical concepts in digital text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F708
Version Added	6.0
Name	Alchemical Symbol for Aqua Vitae
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 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF08
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F708
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf08

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