Rezept nehmen ℞

In English the abbreviation „Rx“ is commonly written on medicine that can only be sold with a doctor's prescription. Such an abbreviation can be found in drug instructions and packaging, pharmaceutical and dispensing documents, medical textbooks, and patient brochures.

Unicode has a special symbol called „Prescription Take“ that consists of a capital Latin „R“ and a small letter „x“ combined into a smart-looking symbol. It looks original and remarkable in text, so there’s no chance a person reading the paper will miss some important information about the prescription required. The symbol belongs to the Buchstabenähnliche Symbole  2100–214F block.

Das Symbol „Rezept nehmen“ ist im „Buchstabenartige Symbole“ Subblock des „Buchstabenähnliche Symbole“ blocks enthalten und wurde als Teil der Unicode-Version 1.1 im Jahr 1993 genehmigt.