U+1D05C "𝁜" Byzantine Musical Symbol Antikenoma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝁜
U+1D05C "𝁜" Byzantine Musical Symbol Antikenoma is a specific character from the Byzantine Musical Symbols block, which encodes notation used in the musical tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This symbol, named Antikenoma, represents a particular neume or melodic gesture in Byzantine chant, typically indicating a descending or returning melodic movement that counters or resolves a preceding phrase. It is part of a larger system of neumes that guide the pitch, rhythm, and expressive nuances of the chant, preserving the oral tradition of Byzantine hymnody in written form for liturgical use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D05C |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Antikenoma |
| 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 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D05C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc5c |
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 |