U+1F746 "🝆" Alchemical Symbol for Oil Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

🝆
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U+1F746 "🝆" Alchemical Symbol for Oil is a historical typographic glyph representing one of the essential substances in early chemistry and alchemy. It depicts a stylized droplet or liquid form, often associated with the extraction, purification, and transformation of oils through processes like distillation. In alchemical texts, this symbol was used to denote oil as a fundamental element or ingredient in various recipes for creating medicinal tinctures, philosophical mercury, or the philosopher's stone. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves the visual language of medieval and Renaissance manuscript culture, allowing scholars and typographers to reproduce these ancient scripts accurately in digital text.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
🝆
HTML Hex Encoding
🝆
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9F 0x9D 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD83D 0xDF46
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001F746
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud83d\udf46