Alchemical Symbols block
E453720
The Alchemical Symbols block is a range of Unicode characters that encodes traditional symbols used in historical alchemy and related esoteric practices.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alchemical Symbols block canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4575374 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alchemical Symbols block Context triple: [Supplementary Multilingual Plane, contains, Alchemical Symbols block]
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A.
Chamical
Chamical is a small city in central La Rioja Province, Argentina, known historically as a regional railway and agricultural center.
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B.
Elementa chemiae
Elementa chemiae is an influential early 18th-century chemistry textbook by Herman Boerhaave that systematically organized and advanced contemporary chemical knowledge.
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C.
Crystals
"Crystals" is an indie folk/pop song by Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, known for its anthemic sound and prominent use in film and television.
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D.
Seal of Solomon
The Seal of Solomon is a legendary symbol, often depicted as an interlaced hexagram or pentagram, believed in various traditions to grant King Solomon authority over demons, spirits, and the natural world.
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E.
Kitab al-Kimya
Kitab al-Kimya is a foundational alchemical treatise traditionally attributed to the early Islamic polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, influential in the development of medieval chemistry and alchemy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alchemical Symbols block Target entity description: The Alchemical Symbols block is a range of Unicode characters that encodes traditional symbols used in historical alchemy and related esoteric practices.
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A.
Chamical
Chamical is a small city in central La Rioja Province, Argentina, known historically as a regional railway and agricultural center.
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B.
Elementa chemiae
Elementa chemiae is an influential early 18th-century chemistry textbook by Herman Boerhaave that systematically organized and advanced contemporary chemical knowledge.
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C.
Crystals
"Crystals" is an indie folk/pop song by Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, known for its anthemic sound and prominent use in film and television.
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D.
Seal of Solomon
The Seal of Solomon is a legendary symbol, often depicted as an interlaced hexagram or pentagram, believed in various traditions to grant King Solomon authority over demons, spirits, and the natural world.
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E.
Kitab al-Kimya
Kitab al-Kimya is a foundational alchemical treatise traditionally attributed to the early Islamic polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, influential in the development of medieval chemistry and alchemy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (97)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Unicode block ⓘ |
| blockName | Alchemical Symbols NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containedIn | Unicode Standard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| encodes |
alchemical symbols
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astrological symbols used in alchemy ⓘ esoteric symbols ⓘ material symbols ⓘ pharmaceutical symbols ⓘ process symbols ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
U+1F700 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR QUINTESSENCE
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U+1F701 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AIR ⓘ U+1F702 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR FIRE ⓘ U+1F703 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR EARTH ⓘ U+1F704 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR WATER ⓘ U+1F705 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AQUAFORTIS ⓘ U+1F706 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AQUA REGIA ⓘ U+1F707 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AQUA REGIA-2 ⓘ U+1F70C ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR VINEGAR ⓘ U+1F70D ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR VINEGAR-2 ⓘ U+1F710 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SALT ⓘ U+1F711 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR NITRE ⓘ U+1F712 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR VITRIOL ⓘ U+1F713 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CINNABAR ⓘ U+1F714 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CROCUS OF METALS ⓘ U+1F715 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR REGULUS OF ANTIMONY ⓘ U+1F716 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR REGULUS OF ANTIMONY-2 ⓘ U+1F717 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR REGULUS ⓘ U+1F718 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR REGULUS-2 ⓘ U+1F719 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR REGULUS-3 ⓘ U+1F71A ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR REGULUS-4 ⓘ U+1F71B ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR ALKALI ⓘ U+1F71C ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR ALKALI-2 ⓘ U+1F71D ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR MARCASITE ⓘ U+1F71E ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SAL-AMMONIAC ⓘ U+1F720 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR ARSENIC ⓘ U+1F721 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR REALGAR ⓘ U+1F722 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR REALGAR-2 ⓘ U+1F723 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AURIPIGMENT ⓘ U+1F724 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR BISMUTH ⓘ U+1F728 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SALT OF COPPER ⓘ U+1F729 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SALT OF LEAD ⓘ U+1F72A ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SALT OF IRON ⓘ U+1F72B ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SALT OF COPPER-2 ⓘ U+1F72C ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SUBLIMATE OF MERCURY ⓘ U+1F72D ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR PRECIPITATE OF MERCURY ⓘ U+1F72E ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CALX OF MERCURY ⓘ U+1F730 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR TINCTURE ⓘ U+1F731 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR GUM ⓘ U+1F732 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR WAX ⓘ U+1F736 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR POWDER ⓘ U+1F738 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CALX ⓘ U+1F739 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR TUTTY ⓘ U+1F73A ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CINNABAR-2 ⓘ U+1F73D ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SOAP ⓘ U+1F740 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR URINE ⓘ U+1F741 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR HORSE DUNG ⓘ U+1F742 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR ASHES ⓘ U+1F743 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR POT ASHES ⓘ U+1F744 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR BRICK ⓘ U+1F745 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR POWDERED BRICK ⓘ U+1F746 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AMALGAM ⓘ U+1F747 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR STRATUM SUPER STRATUM ⓘ U+1F748 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR STRATUM SUPER STRATUM-2 ⓘ U+1F749 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SUBLIMATION ⓘ U+1F74A ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR PRECIPITATION ⓘ U+1F74B ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR DISTILLATION ⓘ U+1F74C ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR DISSOLUTION ⓘ U+1F74D ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR DIGESTION ⓘ U+1F74E ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CALCINATION ⓘ U+1F74F ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CONGELATION ⓘ U+1F750 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR FIXATION ⓘ U+1F751 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR COAGULATION ⓘ U+1F752 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CIBATION ⓘ U+1F753 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR EXALTATION ⓘ U+1F754 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR FERMENTATION ⓘ U+1F755 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR MULTIPLICATION ⓘ U+1F756 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR PROJECTION ⓘ U+1F760 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AQUA REGIA-3 ⓘ U+1F761 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AQUA REGIA-4 ⓘ U+1F770 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR BALNEUM MARIAE ⓘ U+1F771 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR BALNEUM ARENAE ⓘ U+1F772 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR BALNEUM ARENAE-2 ⓘ U+1F773 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR VESSEL ⓘ |
| hasGeneralCategory | Symbol ⓘ |
| hasSubcategory | Other Symbol ⓘ |
| introducedInUnicodeVersion | Unicode 6.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plane | Supplementary Multilingual Plane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scripts | Common ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Unicode Consortium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unicodeRangeEnd | U+1F77F ⓘ |
| unicodeRangeStart | U+1F700 ⓘ |
| usageContext |
esoteric traditions
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historical alchemy ⓘ history of science ⓘ manuscript studies ⓘ pharmacology history ⓘ |
| usedFor | encoding traditional alchemical notation in plain text ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alchemical Symbols block Description of subject: The Alchemical Symbols block is a range of Unicode characters that encodes traditional symbols used in historical alchemy and related esoteric practices.
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