Alchemical Symbols (Unicode block) explained

Blockname:	Alchemical Symbols
Rangestart:	1F700
Rangeend:	1F77F
Script1:	Common
6 0:	116
15 0:	8
Note:	^[1] ^[2]

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

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Alchemical Symbols block:

		Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
6.0	U+1F700..1F773	116
				N3584
				doc)
				N3722
				N3813
				N3818
				N3828
15.0	U+1F774..1F776	3
	U+1F77B..1F77F	5

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unicode character database. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
2. Web site: Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
3. Unicode L2/09-037R2