U+1D022 "𝀢" Byzantine Musical Symbol Apoderma Archaion Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝀢
U+1D022 "𝀢" Byzantine Musical Symbol Apoderma Archaion is a rarely used neume from the Byzantine musical notation system, specifically representing an older, archaic form of the "apoderma," a sign that indicates a melodic break or separation in chant. This symbol, part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block in Unicode, was historically employed in medieval Greek liturgical music manuscripts to guide singers in the performance of hymns and religious compositions. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital representation and preservation of this ancient musical notation, facilitating scholarly research and modern typesetting of Byzantine chant traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D022 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Apoderma 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 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC22 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D022 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc22 |
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 |