U+1CFC3 "𜿃" Znamenny Neume Pauk Unicode Character

U+1CFC3 "𜿃" Znamenny Neume Pauk is a musical notation symbol used in the Znamenny chant tradition, a form of liturgical singing practiced primarily in the Russian Orthodox Church and other Eastern Slavic Christian communities. This neume, like others in its set, represents a specific melodic pattern or instruction for singers, with "Pauk" translating to "spider" in Old Church Slavonic, likely describing its visual resemblance to a spider's shape. Part of the Znamenny Musical Notation block, its inclusion in Unicode supports the digital preservation and scholarly study of this historical musical system, which dates back to medieval Russia and uses non-standard pitch symbols rather than modern staff notation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1CFC3
Version Added	14.0
Name	Znamenny Neume Pauk
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 0xBF 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD833 0xDFC3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001CFC3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud833\udfc3

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