Alchemical Symbol for Vinegar 🜊

Usage snapshot:

• Used in content written with the Common script; suitable for UI labels and body text.
• Appears in the Unicode block Alchemical Symbols.

History & usage: The character depicts the ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR VINEGAR. In its official name, the token SYMBOL signals a sign, mark, or pictorial element, while VINEGAR names the substance represented by that sign. The term SYMBOL conveys a generic function in notation, distinct from a pure letter or diacritic and useful for characterizing how such marks organize or convey meaning in a system of signs. The name helps users recognize that this item stands for a concept or compound rather than a phonetic unit. Practical use contexts follow from its category and block. In scholarly editions of alchemical treatises, editors may preserve or discuss the symbol as a historical sign within the Alchemical Symbols block. Educational primers on symbolic notation can introduce it as part of a section on how recipes or prescriptions encoded substances. Archival transcription work and paleographic surveys may cite the symbol when mapping historical symbol sets to modern inventories or typographic revivals in specimen books. Cross‑platform rendering remains stable as a standalone symbol; provide alt text for accessibility and consistent display across assistive technologies.

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Look‑alikes: ☩ (U+2629).

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