U+1D058 "𝁘" Byzantine Musical Symbol Vareia Neo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝁘
U+1D058 "𝁘" Byzantine Musical Symbol Vareia Neo is a glyph used in the Byzantine musical notation system, which represents a specific neume or melodic gesture in the chant tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This symbol, part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block, indicates a type of accent or articulation known as the Vareia, which typically denotes a heavy or stressed rise in pitch. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for the digital representation and preservation of this ancient liturgical musical script, enabling scholars and practitioners to accurately transcribe and share Byzantine chant texts in modern electronic formats.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D058 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Vareia 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 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC58 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D058 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc58 |
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 |