U+1D00E "𝀎" Byzantine Musical Symbol Exo Ekfonitikon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝀎
U+1D00E "𝀎" Byzantine Musical Symbol Exo Ekfonitikon is a specific glyph used in the notation of Byzantine chant, a ancient liturgical musical tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This symbol, part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block, indicates a particular vocal ornamentation or melodic inflection, typically meaning "exterior" or "external" in the context of ekfonetic notation. Its purpose is to guide chanters in adjusting the pitch, rhythm, or expressive quality of the melody, preserving the intricate oral tradition of Byzantine hymnody into digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D00E |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Exo Ekfonitikon |
| Block | Byzantine Musical Symbols |
| 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 0x9D 0x80 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC0E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D00E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc0e |
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 |