U+1CFA3 "𜾣" Znamenny Neume Strela Gromopovodnaya Unicode Character

U+1CFA3 "𜾣" Znamenny Neume Strela Gromopovodnaya is a musical symbol from the Znamenny notation system, used historically in Eastern Orthodox liturgical chant, particularly within Russian and Slavic traditions. This specific neume, whose name translates from Russian to "Storm Arrow" or "Lightning Arrow," serves as a melodic ornament or rhythmic indicator, guiding singers to perform a rapid, striking, or emphatic rise in pitch, often associated with dramatic or solemn passages of sacred text. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and digitally represent this ancient form of neumatic notation, which predates modern Western staff notation and relies on a rich vocabulary of such symbols to convey complex vocal nuances.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1CFA3
Version Added	14.0
Name	Znamenny Neume Strela Gromopovodnaya
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 0xBE 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD833 0xDFA3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001CFA3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud833\udfa3

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