U+1D01B "𝀛" Byzantine Musical Symbol Kentima Archaion Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝀛
U+1D01B "𝀛" Byzantine Musical Symbol Kentima Archaion is a historic glyph from the Byzantine musical notation system, used in the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition to indicate a specific melodic ornament or rhythmic articulation in liturgical chant. This symbol, whose name means "ancient bent" or "old kentima," represents an older, archaic form of the standard Kentima neume, typically signifying a descending vocal gesture with a light accent or pause. Encoded in the Unicode Byzantine Musical Symbols block, it preserves the rich, complex notation of Byzantine chant, enabling digital representation and study of this medieval musical heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D01B |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Kentima 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 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC1B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D01B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc1b |
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 |