Alchemical Symbols (Unicode block)
Unicode character block
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Alchemical Symbols is a Unicode block containing symbols for chemicals and substances used in ancient and medieval alchemy texts. Many of the symbols are duplicates or redundant with previous characters.[3]
Few fonts support more than a few characters in this block as of 2021. One that does and is free for personal use is Symbola 14.0.
Block
| Alchemical Symbols[1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+1F70x | 🜀 | 🜁 | 🜂 | 🜃 | 🜄 | 🜅 | 🜆 | 🜇 | 🜈 | 🜉 | 🜊 | 🜋 | 🜌 | 🜍 | 🜎 | 🜏 |
| U+1F71x | 🜐 | 🜑 | 🜒 | 🜓 | 🜔 | 🜕 | 🜖 | 🜗 | 🜘 | 🜙 | 🜚 | 🜛 | 🜜 | 🜝 | 🜞 | 🜟 |
| U+1F72x | 🜠 | 🜡 | 🜢 | 🜣 | 🜤 | 🜥 | 🜦 | 🜧 | 🜨 | 🜩 | 🜪 | 🜫 | 🜬 | 🜭 | 🜮 | 🜯 |
| U+1F73x | 🜰 | 🜱 | 🜲 | 🜳 | 🜴 | 🜵 | 🜶 | 🜷 | 🜸 | 🜹 | 🜺 | 🜻 | 🜼 | 🜽 | 🜾 | 🜿 |
| U+1F74x | 🝀 | 🝁 | 🝂 | 🝃 | 🝄 | 🝅 | 🝆 | 🝇 | 🝈 | 🝉 | 🝊 | 🝋 | 🝌 | 🝍 | 🝎 | 🝏 |
| U+1F75x | 🝐 | 🝑 | 🝒 | 🝓 | 🝔 | 🝕 | 🝖 | 🝗 | 🝘 | 🝙 | 🝚 | 🝛 | 🝜 | 🝝 | 🝞 | 🝟 |
| U+1F76x | 🝠 | 🝡 | 🝢 | 🝣 | 🝤 | 🝥 | 🝦 | 🝧 | 🝨 | 🝩 | 🝪 | 🝫 | 🝬 | 🝭 | 🝮 | 🝯 |
| U+1F77x | 🝰 | 🝱 | 🝲 | 🝳 | 🝴 | 🝵 | 🝶 | | | | | 🝻 | 🝼 | 🝽 | 🝾 | 🝿 |
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History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Alchemical Symbols block:
| Version | Final code points[a] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | L2/06-360 | Lopez, Tamara (2006-10-30), Proposal on Newton Symbols | |
| L2/07-422 | Kass, James (2007-12-25), A preliminary collection of alchemical symbols | ||||
| L2/08-313 | Newman, William R.; Walsh, John A.; Kowalczyk, Stacy; Hooper, Wallace E. (2008-08-12), Toward a Proposal for an Alchemy Unicode Plane | ||||
| L2/08-390 | Newman, William R.; Walsh, John A.; Kowalczyk, Stacy; Hooper, Wallace E. (2008-10-27), Proposal for Alchemy Symbols in Unicode | ||||
| L2/09-003R | Moore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "B.15.14", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes | ||||
| L2/09-037R2 | N3584 | Newman, William R.; Walsh, John A.; Kowalczyk, Stacy; Hooper, Wallace E. (2009-03-06), Proposal for Alchemical Symbols in Unicode | |||
| L2/09-234 | N3603 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.10", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54 | |||
| L2/09-412 | N3722 | Suignard, Michel (2009-10-26), Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4078 (PDAM text for Amendment 8 to ISO/IEC 10646:2003) | |||
| L2/09-395 | Whistler, Ken (2009-10-29), "Name Changes for Alchemical Symbols", WG2 Consent Docket | ||||
| L2/09-335R | Moore, Lisa (2009-11-10), "Consensus 121-C17", UTC #121 / L2 #218 Minutes | ||||
| L2/10-119 | N3813 | Parker, Robert; et al. (2010-03-21), Comments on spelling SULPHUR vs SULFUR in FPDAM 8 | |||
| L2/10-128 | N3818 | Hooper, Wallace E.; et al. (2010-03-29), Further Comments on the spelling SULPHUR vs SULFUR in FPDAM 8 | |||
| L2/10-137 | N3828 | Suignard, Michel (2010-04-22), Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4123 (FPDAM text for Amendment 8 to ISO/IEC 10646:2003) | |||
| L2/10-152 | Anderson, Deborah (2010-04-28), Brief report from WG2 Meeting #56, San Jose | ||||
| L2/23-083 | Anderson, Deborah; Kučera, Jan; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2023-04-21), "5 Alchemical Symbols", Recommendations to UTC #175 April 2023 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/23-069R3 | Miller, Kirk (2023-04-28), Revised designs of the alchemical symbols block [Affects U+1F741, 1F747, 1F74C, 1F74F, 1F756, 1F758, 1F763, 1F768, 1F76D, and 1F76E] | ||||
| L2/23-076 | Constable, Peter (2023-05-01), "Consensus 175-C17", UTC #175 Minutes, Accept the glyph changes for the Alchemical Symbols block | ||||
| 15.0 | U+1F774..1F776 | 3 | L2/22-005 | Miller, Kirk (2021-12-23), Unicode request for Lot of Fortune and eclipse symbols | |
| L2/22-023 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2022-01-22), "18. Lot of Fortune and Eclipse Symbols", Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/22-016 | Constable, Peter (2022-04-21), "Consensus 170-C11", UTC #170 Minutes | ||||
| U+1F77B..1F77F | 5 | L2/21-224 | Miller, Kirk (2021-10-26), Unicode request for dwarf-planet symbols | ||
| L2/22-023 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2022-01-22), "16. Dwarf Planet Symbols", Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/22-016 | Constable, Peter (2022-04-21), "Consensus 170-C10", UTC #170 Minutes | ||||
| 17.0 | U+1F777..1F77A | 4 | L2/23-207 | Bala, Gavin Jared; Miller, Kirk (2023-09-18), Unicode request for historical asteroid symbols | |
| L2/23-238R | Anderson, Deborah; Kučera, Jan; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2023-11-01), "11 Symbols: Asteroid symbols", Recommendations to UTC #177 November 2023 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/23-231 | Constable, Peter (2023-12-08), "Section 11", UTC #177 Minutes | ||||
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