U+1F768 "🝨" Alchemical Symbol for Crucible-4 Unicode Character

U+1F768 "🝨" Alchemical Symbol for Crucible-4 is a specific graphic glyph from the Alchemical Symbols block, representing a crucible, a vessel used in alchemy for heating substances to high temperatures to cause chemical reactions or transformations. This symbol, designated as part of a series of crucible variants, historically served as a visual shorthand in alchemical texts and manuscripts to denote processes involving melting, calcination, or the purification of metals and materials in the pursuit of transmutation or the creation of philosophical substances. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves this esoteric notation for modern digital typography and historical documentation, reflecting the rich symbolic language of medieval and Renaissance alchemy.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F768
Version Added	6.0
Name	Alchemical Symbol for Crucible-4
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 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF68
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F768
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf68

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