U+1CF6E "𜽮" Znamenny Neume Khamilo Unicode Character

U+1CF6E "𜽮" Znamenny Neume Khamilo is a musical notation symbol from the Znamenny chant tradition, a form of Russian Orthodox liturgical singing that uses neumes to indicate melodic patterns rather than precise pitches. This specific neume, called Khamilo, represents a type of melismatic ornamentation or a distinctive melodic turn in the chant, typically involving a rise and fall in pitch. It is part of the Unicode standard's Znamenny Musical Notation block, encoded to preserve and digitally represent this historical system of musical writing, which dates back to medieval Russia and is still studied in ethnomusicology and liturgical contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1CF6E
Version Added	14.0
Name	Znamenny Neume Khamilo
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 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD833 0xDF6E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001CF6E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud833\udf6e

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