U+1D055 "𝁕" Byzantine Musical Symbol Elafron Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝁕
U+1D055 "𝁕" Byzantine Musical Symbol Elafron is a notation glyph used in Byzantine chant notation to represent a specific musical ornament or inflection, typically indicating a rapid, light, or graceful movement in the melodic line. This symbol is part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to preserve and digitally represent the rich, neumatic notation system of the Eastern Orthodox liturgical music tradition. The Elafron, like other symbols in this block, helps denote subtle performance nuances that are essential for authentic interpretation of Byzantine chant, bridging ancient oral and written practices with modern digital text and typesetting.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D055 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Elafron |
| 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 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC55 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D055 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc55 |
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 |