U+1D046 "𝁆" Byzantine Musical Symbol Ison Neo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝁆
U+1D046 "𝁆" Byzantine Musical Symbol Ison Neo is a specialized character within the Unicode standard's Byzantine Musical Symbols block, representing a neume notation used in the transcription of Byzantine chant and liturgical music. This symbol specifically denotes an "ison" which is a fundamental drone or sustained pitch, and the "neo" modifier indicates a later or simplified form of this musical notation. It is one of many such symbols encoded to support the digital preservation and reproduction of ancient and medieval Eastern Christian chant traditions, ensuring that this rich musical heritage can be accurately represented in modern text and computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D046 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Ison Neo |
| 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 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC46 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D046 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc46 |
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 |