U+1F760 "🝠" Alchemical Symbol for Distill Unicode Character

U+1F760 "🝠" Alchemical Symbol for Distill is a specialized glyph from the Alchemical Symbols block, representing the ancient process of distillation used in alchemy and early chemistry. This symbol often depicts a stylized alembic or retort, vessels central to separating and purifying substances through heating and condensation. It appears in historical manuscripts and texts where alchemists recorded methods for creating elixirs, medicines, and philosophical elements, reflecting the deep symbolic and practical importance of distillation in transforming matter. In modern digital contexts, this character is used for scholarly notation, typographic restoration of alchemical works, or as a decorative element emphasizing transformation and refinement.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F760
Version Added	6.0
Name	Alchemical Symbol for Distill
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 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF60
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F760
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf60

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