U+1D023 "𝀣" Byzantine Musical Symbol Apothema Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝀣
U+1D023 "𝀣" Byzantine Musical Symbol Apothema is a notation glyph used in Byzantine chant notation, a medieval and early modern musical system developed for the liturgical music of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This symbol specifically indicates a melodic rise or an ascending interval in pitch, serving as a neume to guide singers in performing the correct melodic progression within a hymn or chant. It is part of the extensive Byzantine Musical Symbols block in Unicode, which preserves the rich graphical repertoire of this ancient musical tradition for digital use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D023 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Apothema |
| 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 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D023 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc23 |
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 |