U+1F70F "🜏" Alchemical Symbol for Black Sulfur Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1F70F "🜏" Alchemical Symbol for Black Sulfur is a historical sign from medieval and Renaissance alchemy, representing a key substance in the quest to create the Philosopher’s Stone. In alchemical tradition, black sulfur, often associated with the element of sulfur in its raw or volatile form, was considered a principle of combustibility and transformation, linked to the color black as the initial stage of the magnum opus known as nigredo. This symbol appears in various alchemical manuscripts and texts, where it signified the base material that required purification through fire and chemical processes to achieve spiritual and material enlightenment. Today, it is included in the Unicode standard as a heritage character, used by scholars, historians, and enthusiasts to denote alchemical concepts in digital communication.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
🜏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
🜏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x9F 0x9C 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD83D 0xDF0F |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001F70F |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud83d\udf0f |
Unicode Properties