U+211E "℞" Prescription Take Unicode Character

U+211E "℞" Prescription Take is a typographical symbol originating from the Latin abbreviation for the verb "recipe," meaning "take," and has been used for centuries in medical contexts to denote a physician's prescription or medical order. It is often found at the beginning of prescriptions, directing the pharmacist or patient to take the specified medications or treatments as instructed. The symbol is encoded in the Unicode standard under the "Letterlike Symbols" block, reflecting its historical and practical role in documenting pharmaceutical directions distinct from standard punctuation or letters.