U+1F758 "🝘" Alchemical Symbol for Pot Ashes Unicode Character

U+1F758 "🝘" Alchemical Symbol for Pot Ashes is a historical typographic glyph used in alchemical texts to represent the substance known as pot ashes, which is the alkaline residue left after burning plant matter such as wood or seaweed, often processed into a crude form of potash. This symbol belongs to the Alchemical Symbols block in Unicode, designed to encode the abstract and diagrammatic notations that medieval and Renaissance alchemists employed to denote chemicals, processes, and materials. Its inclusion in digital character sets helps preserve and digitize the rich iconography of early scientific and mystical writing, allowing modern researchers and enthusiasts to accurately render these esoteric texts without relying on images or specialized fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F758
Version Added	6.0
Name	Alchemical Symbol for Pot Ashes
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 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF58
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F758
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf58

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