U+1D01C "𝀜" Byzantine Musical Symbol Kentimata Archaion Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝀜
U+1D01C "𝀜" Byzantine Musical Symbol Kentimata Archaion is a notation used in Byzantine musical notation, specifically representing an ancient form of the "kentimata" neume, which indicates a specific melodic movement or grouping of notes in the chant tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This symbol is part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block in Unicode, which encodes the complex neumatic system developed for notating the monophonic liturgical music of the Byzantine rite. The "archaion" designation in its name signifies its connection to older, historical forms of Byzantine notation, distinguishing it from later simplified variants.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D01C |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Kentimata 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 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC1C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D01C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc1c |
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 |