U+1F73C "🜼" Alchemical Symbol for Realgar-2 Unicode Character

U+1F73C "🜼" Alchemical Symbol for Realgar-2 is a historical typographic mark used in alchemical texts to represent a specific variant or preparation of the mineral realgar, which is a natural arsenic sulfide compound known for its rich red color. This symbol belongs to the Alchemical Symbols block, a set of characters encoding visual signs that medieval and Renaissance alchemists employed to denote substances, processes, and equipment in their coded writings. Unlike the primary alchemical symbol for realgar, this variant, designated as realgar-2, likely indicated a different grade, refinement stage, or application of the mineral within the complex symbolic language of alchemy.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F73C
Version Added	6.0
Name	Alchemical Symbol for Realgar-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 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF3C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F73C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf3c

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