U+1D019 "𝀙" Byzantine Musical Symbol Vathy Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1D019 "𝀙" Byzantine Musical Symbol Vathy is a historical notation sign used in Byzantine chant, a form of liturgical music from the Eastern Orthodox tradition. This symbol represents a specific melodic or rhythmic instruction, with "Vathy" meaning "deep" or "low" in Greek, indicating that it guides the performer to employ a deeper tone or a particular nuance in the musical line. Part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block in Unicode, it helps preserve and digitally represent the complex, sophisticated system of neumes that developed in the Byzantine Empire for notating sacred hymns.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D019 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Vathy |
| 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 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC19 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D019 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc19 |
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 |