The alembic is the emoji for “I’m cooking up something,” whether that’s a legit experiment or a slightly chaotic life choice. It channels alchemist energy—think medieval potions meet modern lab chic—and shows up when you’re testing ideas, A/B-ing a plan, or hinting at a mysterious work-in-progress. People drop it in texts for mad-scientist vibes, Breaking Bad nods, witchy potion jokes, or when they’re metaphorically “distilling the tea” (aka filtering the gossip to its purest form). It’s also a cute flex for perfumers, craft distillers, skincare mixers, and anyone who loves a well-labeled spreadsheet and a poorly labeled beaker.
On Apple/iOS, it looks like a glass retort setup clamped to a dark metal stand, with a round-bottom flask heated by a small orange flame. The liquid inside reads as cool blue, and a bent glass tube angles over to a smaller receiver—sometimes with a tiny droplet mid-drip—giving big “precision under pressure” energy. The translucent glass, silvery stand, and warm flame contrast make it instantly recognizable as a distillation rig, not just a random flask. Use it seriously to say you’re experimenting, or sarcastically when your friend claims they’ve perfected a “recipe” for disaster; either way, it’s peak lab-core internet.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1410 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture | ![]() |
| Google Android Picture | ![]() |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 9 Code |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ⚗ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ⚗ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | ⚗ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | ⚗ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 2697 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+2697 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9879 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x9A 0x97 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 9A 97 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 232 227 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x2697 |
| UTF-16 Hex | 2697 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9879 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x00002697 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 2697 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9879 |
| Python Src | u"\u2697" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x9a\x97" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u2697" |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ⚗️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ⚗️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | ⚗ ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | ⚗ ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 2697, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+2697, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9879, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x9A 0x97, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 9A 97, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 232 227, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x2697, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | 2697, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9879, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x00002697 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 2697, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9879, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\u2697\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x9a\x97\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u2697\uFE0F" |