Alchemical Symbol For Caput Mortuum

Part of Alchemy, I Ching and Ancient Number Symbols

Alchemical Symbol For Caput Mortuum has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.

Alt code
None
HTML entity
🝎
Unicode
U+1F74E

About this symbol

Caput mortuum, dead head, was the alchemists’ name for the worthless residue left in the flask after distilling. The name also passed to a purplish brown pigment made from iron oxide.

Unicode facts

Official name
ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CAPUT MORTUUM
Also called
Worthless residue of sublimation or distillation
Type
Symbol
Unicode block
Alchemical Symbols
Unicode group
Symbols for other substances
Added in
Unicode 6.0 (2010)

Click the symbol or any value at the top of the page to copy it. See the full Alchemy, I Ching and Ancient Number Symbols chart for related characters.

Cookie preferences

Choose which optional cookies you allow. You can change your choice at any time from Cookie Settings at the bottom of every page. Read the Cookie Notice

Necessary Needed for the site to work and to remember your cookie choice. Always on.