Alchemical Symbols (Unicode block)
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]
Alchemical Symbols | |
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Range | U+1F700..U+1F77F (128 code points) |
Plane | SMP |
Scripts | Common |
Assigned | 124 code points |
Unused | 4 reserved code points |
Unicode version history | |
6.0 (2010) | 116 (+116) |
15.0 (2022) | 124 (+8) |
Unicode documentation | |
Code chartโโฃโWeb page | |
Note: [1][2] |
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][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
U+1F70x | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ |
U+1F71x | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ |
U+1F72x | ๐ | ๐ก | ๐ข | ๐ฃ | ๐ค | ๐ฅ | ๐ฆ | ๐ง | ๐จ | ๐ฉ | ๐ช | ๐ซ | ๐ฌ | ๐ญ | ๐ฎ | ๐ฏ |
U+1F73x | ๐ฐ | ๐ฑ | ๐ฒ | ๐ณ | ๐ด | ๐ต | ๐ถ | ๐ท | ๐ธ | ๐น | ๐บ | ๐ป | ๐ผ | ๐ฝ | ๐พ | ๐ฟ |
U+1F74x | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ |
U+1F75x | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ |
U+1F76x | ๐ | ๐ก | ๐ข | ๐ฃ | ๐ค | ๐ฅ | ๐ฆ | ๐ง | ๐จ | ๐ฉ | ๐ช | ๐ซ | ๐ฌ | ๐ญ | ๐ฎ | ๐ฏ |
U+1F77x | ๐ฐ | ๐ฑ | ๐ฒ | ๐ณ | ๐ด | ๐ต | ๐ถ | ๐ป | ๐ผ | ๐ฝ | ๐พ | ๐ฟ | ||||
Notes |
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Alchemical Symbols block:
Version | Final code points[lower-alpha 1] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
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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; Kuฤera, Jan; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2023-04-21), "5 Alchemical Symbols", Recommendations to UTC #175 April 2023 on Script Proposals | ||||
L2/23-069R2 | 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 | ||||
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External links
References
- "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- Unicode L2/09-037R2
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