U+1D021 "𝀡" Byzantine Musical Symbol Vareiai Archaion Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1D021 "𝀡" Byzantine Musical Symbol Vareiai Archaion is a notation sign used in Byzantine chant notation, a complex system developed for the liturgical music of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This specific symbol, whose name translates to "Ancient Vareiai," belongs to a class of markings that indicate a particular rhythmic or melodic nuance, likely relating to a form of stress or a specific performance instruction in the ancient neumatic tradition. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for the accurate digital representation and preservation of medieval and modern Byzantine musical manuscripts, ensuring that scholars, musicians, and liturgists can encode and display this historical musical script in modern text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D021 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Vareiai 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 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC21 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D021 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc21 |
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 |