U+1D03E "𝀾" Byzantine Musical Symbol Paraklitiki Archaion Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝀾
U+1D03E "𝀾" Byzantine Musical Symbol Paraklitiki Archaion is a notation mark used in Byzantine music to indicate an older, archaic form of the Paraklitiki, a specific melodic or ornamental figure that functions within the neumatic system of chant notation. This symbol is part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block in Unicode, which encodes the signs used to transcribe the sacred vocal music of the Eastern Orthodox liturgical tradition. The Paraklitiki Archaion thus represents a historical variant essential for accurately interpreting and performing ancient Byzantine hymns according to their traditional modal and rhythmic structures.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D03E |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Paraklitiki 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 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC3E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D03E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc3e |
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 |