U+0749 "݉" Syriac Music Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0749 "݉" Syriac Music is a symbol used in Syriac liturgical texts specifically to indicate musical notation, serving as a guide for chanting or melody within Syriac Christian worship, particularly in traditions such as the Syriac Orthodox, Catholic, and Assyrian churches. It belongs to the Syriac block of Unicode, which encodes scripts and symbols from the Syriac language, and this character functions as a diacritic or a standalone marker to denote a particular pitch, rhythm, or vocal ornamentation rather than a standard alphabetic letter. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the accurate digital representation of ancient and modern Syriac musical practices, helping preserve a key aspect of Syriac cultural and religious heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0749 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Music |
| Block | Syriac |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ݉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ݉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDD 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0749 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000749 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0749 |