U+1F731 "🜱" Alchemical Symbol for Regulus of Antimony-2 Unicode Character

U+1F731 "🜱" Alchemical Symbol for Regulus of Antimony-2 is a specialized glyph from the alchemical symbols block, representing a variant of the symbol for the regulus of antimony, a purified metallic form of the element antimony produced through smelting and reduction in medieval and early modern chemistry. This symbol, which visually incorporates a cross and a crescent-like hook, was used by alchemists to denote the second stage or specific preparation of antimony regulus, a substance valued for its purported medicinal and transformative properties. The inclusion of this character in Unicode allows for the accurate digital representation of historical alchemical texts and manuscripts, preserving the intricate notation of early chemical practice.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F731
Version Added	6.0
Name	Alchemical Symbol for Regulus of Antimony-2
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 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF31
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F731
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf31

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