U+1D040 "𝁀" Byzantine Musical Symbol Nana Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝁀
U+1D040 "𝁀" Byzantine Musical Symbol Nana is a character from the Byzantine Musical Symbols block, used to represent a specific neume in Byzantine chant notation that serves as a melodic indicator for a group of notes, often conveying a rising or expressive musical phrase. This symbol, part of a system that encodes the neumatic notation of the Byzantine Empire and Eastern Orthodox liturgical music, allows modern digital text to preserve and reproduce the ancient musical tradition in digital formats without relying solely on images. Its inclusion in Unicode helps scholars, musicians, and liturgists accurately transcribe and study the intricate rhythmic and melodic patterns inherent in Byzantine hymnography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D040 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Nana |
| 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 0x81 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D040 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc40 |
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 |