U+1F761 "🝡" Alchemical Symbol for Dissolve Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1F761 "🝡" Alchemical Symbol for Dissolve is a historic typographic glyph originating from medieval and Renaissance alchemical traditions, where it represented the process of dissolving a solid substance into a liquid, often as a step toward purification or transformation. This symbol belongs to the Alchemical Symbols block of the Unicode Standard, which encodes a set of arcane notations used by early chemists and mystics to denote elements, compounds, and laboratory processes. In practical terms, the symbol for dissolve was typically associated with the action of a solvent, such as water or acid, breaking down a material’s structure, reflecting the broader alchemical goal of separating, purifying, and reuniting matter to achieve a higher state, whether in the creation of medicines, the Philosopher’s Stone, or spiritual enlightenment.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F761
Version Added 6.0
Name Alchemical Symbol for Dissolve
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 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83D 0xDF61
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F761
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83d\udf61

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