U+1D029 "𝀩" Byzantine Musical Symbol Seisma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝀩
U+1D029 "𝀩" Byzantine Musical Symbol Seisma is a notation mark from the Byzantine musical system used in the liturgical chant of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This symbol, part of the extensive Byzantine Musical Symbols block in Unicode, instructs the singer to perform a brief, quavering or trembling vocal effect, akin to a shake or tremolo, adding expressive ornamentation to the melody. Its inclusion in digital encoding helps preserve and render the intricate neumatic notation of Byzantine chant, allowing for accurate representation of ancient and medieval musical manuscripts in modern electronic text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D029 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Seisma |
| 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 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC29 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D029 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc29 |
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 |