U+1CF54 "𜽔" Znamenny Neume Klyuch Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𜽔
U+1CF54 "𜽔" Znamenny Neume Klyuch is a notation symbol from the Znamenny chant musical tradition, historically used in Russian Orthodox and other Eastern Slavic liturgical music. This particular neume, called a "kluch" meaning key, serves as a clef or guiding sign that indicates the pitch level and modal context for the melody, helping singers interpret the neumatic notation that does not specify exact pitches on a staff. As part of the early Cyrillic musical symbols encoded in Unicode, it preserves a vital element of a medieval Eastern Slavic system of musical writing that predates modern staff notation and relies on these neumes to convey melodic contours and performance practice.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CF54 |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Znamenny Neume Klyuch |
| Block | Znamenny Musical Notation |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𜽔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𜽔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9C 0xBD 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD833 0xDF54 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001CF54 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud833\udf54 |
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 | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |