U+1D049 "𝁉" Byzantine Musical Symbol Petasti Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1D049 "𝁉" Byzantine Musical Symbol Petasti is a glyph from the Byzantine musical notation system, used historically in the liturgical music of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This specific symbol, known as Petasti, represents a vocal ornament or a specific melodic inflection that guides the chanting of hymns, typically indicating a group of notes to be sung in a rapid or wavy motion. As part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block in Unicode, it helps preserve and digitally represent the rich musical heritage of Byzantine chant, enabling scholars and musicians to accurately transcribe and reproduce these ancient liturgical melodies.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D049 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Petasti |
| 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 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC49 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D049 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc49 |
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 |