U+1018C "𐆌" Greek Sinusoid Sign Unicode Character

U+1018C "𐆌" Greek Sinusoid Sign is a symbolic glyph from the Ancient Greek musical notation system, used as a prosodic or rhythmical marker in texts. This sign likely indicated a specific melodic contour or rhythmic pattern, often associated with the concept of a sinusoid or wave like motion in the phrasing of chanted or sung poetry. It belongs to the Ancient Greek Numbers block, though its exact usage in papyri or stone inscriptions is debated among scholars. The character represents one of the many specialized notational marks that helped guide performative elements of classical Greek literature, such as pitch and timing, within a musical or declamatory context.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1018C
Version Added	7.0
Name	Greek Sinusoid Sign
Block	Ancient Greek Numbers
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐆌
HTML Hex Encoding	𐆌
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x86 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDD8C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001018C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udd8c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Greek
Script Extensions	Greek
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other