U+1F741 "🝁" Alchemical Symbol for Quick Lime Unicode Character

U+1F741 "🝁" Alchemical Symbol for Quick Lime is a graphical symbol included in the Alchemical Symbols block, representing the alchemical substance known as quick lime, which is calcium oxide. Historically, alchemists used this symbol in their manuscripts and texts to denote the material, reflecting the practice of employing specific icons to represent chemical substances and processes before the development of modern chemical notation. This character is encoded as part of a broader effort by Unicode to preserve and digitize historical scripts and symbols, making them accessible for scholarly and technical use in digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F741
Version Added	6.0
Name	Alchemical Symbol for Quick Lime
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 0x9D 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF41
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F741
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf41

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