# 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.
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 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 | 🝰 | 🝱 | 🝲 | 🝳 | 🝴 | 🝵 | 🝶 | | | | | 🝻 | 🝼 | 🝽 | 🝾 | 🝿 |
| Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points |||||||||||||||||

## History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Alchemical Symbols block:
| Version | Final code points | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | L2/06-360 | | Lopez, Tamara (2006-10-30), Proposal on Newton Symbols |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | L2/07-422 | | Kass, James (2007-12-25), A preliminary collection of alchemical symbols |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | 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 |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | L2/08-390 | | Newman, William R.; Walsh, John A.; Kowalczyk, Stacy; Hooper, Wallace E. (2008-10-27), Proposal for Alchemy Symbols in Unicode |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | L2/09-003R | | Moore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "B.15.14", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | L2/09-037R2 | N3584 | Newman, William R.; Walsh, John A.; Kowalczyk, Stacy; Hooper, Wallace E. (2009-03-06), Proposal for Alchemical Symbols in Unicode |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | L2/09-234 | N3603 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.10", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54 |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | 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) |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | L2/09-395 | | Whistler, Ken (2009-10-29), "Name Changes for Alchemical Symbols", WG2 Consent Docket |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | L2/09-335R | | Moore, Lisa (2009-11-10), "Consensus 121-C17", UTC #121 / L2 #218 Minutes |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | L2/10-119 | N3813 | Parker, Robert; et al. (2010-03-21), Comments on spelling SULPHUR vs SULFUR in FPDAM 8 |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | L2/10-128 | N3818 | Hooper, Wallace E.; et al. (2010-03-29), Further Comments on the spelling SULPHUR vs SULFUR in FPDAM 8 |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | 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) |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | L2/10-152 | | Anderson, Deborah (2010-04-28), Brief report from WG2 Meeting #56, San Jose |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | 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 |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | 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] |
| 6.0 | U+1F700..1F773 | 116 | 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 |
| 15.0 | U+1F774..1F776 | 3 | 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 |
| 15.0 | U+1F774..1F776 | 3 | L2/22-016 | | Constable, Peter (2022-04-21), "Consensus 170-C11", UTC #170 Minutes |
| 15.0 | U+1F77B..1F77F | 5 | L2/21-224 | | Miller, Kirk (2021-10-26), Unicode request for dwarf-planet symbols |
| 15.0 | U+1F77B..1F77F | 5 | 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 |
| 15.0 | U+1F77B..1F77F | 5 | L2/22-016 | | Constable, Peter (2022-04-21), "Consensus 170-C10", UTC #170 Minutes |
| ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names ||||||