U+1D016 "𝀖" Byzantine Musical Symbol Gorgon Archaion Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝀖
U+1D016 "𝀖" Byzantine Musical Symbol Gorgon Archaion is a visual notation used in the Byzantine musical tradition, a system of chant notation developed for the Eastern Orthodox Church. This specific symbol represents an ancient or archaic form of the gorgon neume, which indicates a rapid or accelerated musical ornamentation or rhythmic alteration in a chant, typically signifying a quick passage or a quick alternation between pitches. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard as part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block allows for the digital preservation and accurate rendering of historical religious music manuscripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D016 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Gorgon Archaion |
| 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 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D016 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc16 |
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 |