U+1D039 "𝀹" Byzantine Musical Symbol Psifiston Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝀹
U+1D039 "𝀹" Byzantine Musical Symbol Psifiston is a notation mark used in Byzantine chant notation, a system developed for the music of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This specific symbol represents a vocal ornament or a rhythmic nuance, typically indicating a slight elevation or a decorative quavering of the pitch, adding expressive flexibility to the melodic line. It belongs to the Byzantine Musical Symbols block of Unicode, which was encoded to support the preservation and digital rendering of this medieval and early modern musical tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D039 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Psifiston |
| 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 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC39 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D039 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc39 |
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 |