U+1F723 "🜣" Alchemical Symbol for Crocus of Copper Unicode Character

U+1F723 "🜣" Alchemical Symbol for Crocus of Copper is a historical glyph representing a substance produced by calcining copper, which results in a reddish or purple powder used in early chemical processes and medicine. This symbol belongs to the Alchemical Symbols block, part of a broader system of icons employed by alchemists to denote materials, processes, and compounds without revealing their secrets to the uninitiated. The crocus of copper, sometimes called copper oxide, was valued for its use in glassmaking, pigments, and as a flux in metallurgy. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent this rich premodern heritage of scientific and mystical notation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F723
Version Added	6.0
Name	Alchemical Symbol for Crocus of Copper
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 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF23
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F723
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf23

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