U+1D056 "𝁖" Byzantine Musical Symbol Chamili Unicode Character

U+1D056 "𝁖" Byzantine Musical Symbol Chamili is a historically significant neume used in the notation of Byzantine chant, which is the sacred vocal music of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This particular symbol represents a specific melodic ornament or intervalic step that guides the singer in pitch and phrasing, typically indicating a descending or low note within the complex scalar system of Byzantine music. It forms part of a larger repertoire of neumes preserved in the Unicode Standard under the Byzantine Musical Symbols block, ensuring that scholars, liturgists, and musicians can digitally represent and study this ancient oral tradition.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D056
Version Added	3.1
Name	Byzantine Musical Symbol Chamili
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 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDC56
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D056
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\udc56

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