U+1F764 "🝤" Alchemical Symbol for Putrefaction Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🝤
U+1F764 "🝤" Alchemical Symbol for Putrefaction is a specialized glyph within the Alchemical Symbols block, representing the concept of decomposition or rotting in medieval and early modern alchemy. This symbol was used to denote one of the key stages in the magnum opus, the alchemical process of transforming base materials into the Philosopher’s Stone, where putrefaction involved the breakdown and purification of matter. Its inclusion in Unicode allows digital representation of these historical texts and symbols, preserving their use for scholarly work and historical documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F764 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Alchemical Symbol for Putrefaction |
| 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 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDF64 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F764 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\udf64 |
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 |