U+1D02C "𝀬" Byzantine Musical Symbol Oyranisma Archaion Unicode Character

U+1D02C "𝀬" Byzantine Musical Symbol Oyranisma Archaion is a specialized glyph belonging to the Byzantine Music block, which encodes neumatic notation used in the liturgical chants of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches. This particular symbol represents an ancient form of the musical ornament known as the oyranisma, a complex melodic figure that typically signifies a rising and falling vocal flourish or a subtle pitch modulation in Byzantine ecclesiastical singing. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard facilitates the digital preservation and scholarly study of medieval and contemporary Byzantine chant manuscripts, allowing musicians and researchers to accurately reproduce the nuanced performance practices of this centuries-old musical tradition in modern electronic texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D02C
Version Added	3.1
Name	Byzantine Musical Symbol Oyranisma 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 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDC2C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D02C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\udc2c

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