U+1F771 "🝱" Alchemical Symbol for Month Unicode Character

U+1F771 "🝱" Alchemical Symbol for Month is a specialized glyph from the Alchemical Symbols block, representing a celestial or temporal unit used in early chemistry and medieval alchemy to denote a period of thirty days or a lunar month. This symbol was employed by alchemists in manuscripts and texts to indicate the duration of certain processes, such as fermentation or putrefaction, as well as astrological timing tied to lunar cycles. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves a piece of historical scientific notation, allowing modern digital representation of alchemical practices and the study of protoscientific manuscripts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F771
Version Added	6.0
Name	Alchemical Symbol for Month
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 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF71
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F771
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf71

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