U+1F746 "🝆" Alchemical Symbol for Oil Unicode Character

U+1F746 "🝆" Alchemical Symbol for Oil is a historical typographic glyph representing one of the essential substances in early chemistry and alchemy. It depicts a stylized droplet or liquid form, often associated with the extraction, purification, and transformation of oils through processes like distillation. In alchemical texts, this symbol was used to denote oil as a fundamental element or ingredient in various recipes for creating medicinal tinctures, philosophical mercury, or the philosopher's stone. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves the visual language of medieval and Renaissance manuscript culture, allowing scholars and typographers to reproduce these ancient scripts accurately in digital text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F746
Version Added	6.0
Name	Alchemical Symbol for Oil
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 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF46
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F746
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf46

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