U+1CF61 "𜽡" Znamenny Neume Golubchik Svetly Unicode Character

U+1CF61 "𜽡" Znamenny Neume Golubchik Svetly is a musical notation symbol used in the Znamenny chant tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church, representing a specific melodic ornament known as a "golubchik" (little dove) with a "svetly" (light or bright) quality. This neume is part of the extensive collection of early Slavic liturgical symbols encoded in the Unicode standard for the historic Znamenny musical notation system, which visually indicates pitch and rhythmic nuances for sacred choral singing. The character is typically rendered as a stylized, abstract shape combining curves and dots, reflecting the rich medieval heritage of Eastern Slavic church music while enabling modern digital preservation and transcription of these ancient manuscripts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1CF61
Version Added	14.0
Name	Znamenny Neume Golubchik Svetly
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 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD833 0xDF61
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001CF61
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud833\udf61

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