U+1F70A · Other symbol
Alchemical Symbol For Vinegar Symbol 🜊
🜊 is alchemical symbol for vinegar, U+1F70A. Unicode also records it as “crucible; acid; distill; atrament; vitriol; red sulfur; borax; wine; alkali salt; mercurius vivus”. It was added in Unicode 6.0, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
Also known as
- crucible; acid; distill; atrament; vitriol; red sulfur; borax; wine; alkali salt; mercurius vivus
- quick silver
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+1F70A | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | 🜊 | |
| HTML decimal | 🜊 | |
| CSS | \1F70A | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F70A} | |
| Python | \U0001F70A | |
| Java / C# | \uD83D\uDF0A | |
| Rust | \u{1f70a} | |
| Swift | \u{1F70A} | |
| PHP | \u{1F70A} | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%9C%8A | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 9C 8A | |
| UTF-16 bytes | D83D DF0A | |
| Base64 | 8J+cig== | |
| Decimal | 128778 | |
| 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 1F70A then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “alchemical symbol for vinegar” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 1f70a, 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 vinegar symbol?
- On Windows, type 1F70A and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 1f70a. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for 🜊?
- Alchemical Symbol For Vinegar is U+1F70A. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is 🜊?
- Alchemical Symbol For Vinegar 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.