U+1D038 "𝀸" Byzantine Musical Symbol Pelaston Unicode Character

U+1D038 "𝀸" Byzantine Musical Symbol Pelaston is a notation mark from the Byzantine musical system, used in the neumatic notation of Eastern Orthodox chant to indicate a specific melodic ornament or rhythmic articulation. This symbol belongs to the Byzantine Musical Symbols block of Unicode, which was encoded to preserve and digitally represent the rich liturgical music tradition of the Byzantine Empire. The Pelaston symbol likely directs a vocalist to perform a particular subtle movement or nuance in the melody, contributing to the expressive and complex nature of Byzantine chant, which relies on a sophisticated set of signs beyond simple pitch or duration.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D038
Version Added	3.1
Name	Byzantine Musical Symbol Pelaston
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 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDC38
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D038
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\udc38

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