U+1D026 "𝀦" Byzantine Musical Symbol Piasma Archaion Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝀦
U+1D026 "𝀦" Byzantine Musical Symbol Piasma Archaion is a specific glyph from the Byzantine Musical Symbols block, used in the classical notation system for Byzantine chant. This symbol represents an ancient type of piasma, a neume denoting a vocal ornament or a particular melodic inflection, often associated with a rising or expressive note group in the chant's performance. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital representation and preservation of this historical musical script, enabling scholars and musicians to encode and share medieval and modern Byzantine liturgical music accurately.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D026 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Piasma 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 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC26 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D026 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc26 |
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 |