U+1F72B · Other symbol
Alchemical Symbol For Antimony Ore Symbol 🜫
🜫 is alchemical symbol for antimony ore, U+1F72B. Unicode also records it as “stibnite”. It was added in Unicode 6.0, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
Also known as
- stibnite
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+1F72B | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | 🜫 | |
| HTML decimal | 🜫 | |
| CSS | \1F72B | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F72B} | |
| Python | \U0001F72B | |
| Java / C# | \uD83D\uDF2B | |
| Rust | \u{1f72b} | |
| Swift | \u{1F72B} | |
| PHP | \u{1F72B} | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%9C%AB | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 9C AB | |
| UTF-16 bytes | D83D DF2B | |
| Base64 | 8J+cqw== | |
| Decimal | 128811 | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 6.0 | |
Will 🜫 survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. Yes. 🜫 is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
- Legacy encodings. 🜫 sits above U+FFFF, so it needs a surrogate pair in UTF-16. Software that counts characters by code unit will report it as two.
- Size. 4 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Unicode cross-references
The standard points readers of 🜫 at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.
Nearby in Alchemical Symbols
The signs medieval and early-modern alchemists used for substances, processes and measures — encoded so historical texts can be transcribed accurately.
How to type 🜫
| Windows | Type 1F72B then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “alchemical symbol for antimony ore” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 1f72b, press Enter |
| HTML | 🜫 |
About Unicode’s Other symbol category
Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the 🜫 alchemical symbol for antimony ore symbol?
- On Windows, type 1F72B and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 1f72b. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for 🜫?
- Alchemical Symbol For Antimony Ore is U+1F72B. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is 🜫?
- Alchemical Symbol For Antimony Ore is filed under Other symbol in the Alchemical Symbols block, and was introduced in Unicode 6.0. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.