U+1D05D "𝁝" Byzantine Musical Symbol Lygisma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝁝
U+1D05D "𝁝" Byzantine Musical Symbol Lygisma is a specialized notation used in Byzantine chant notation, a musical system developed for the liturgical music of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It represents a particular melodic ornament or neume, specifically indicating a rapid, trill-like vocal flourish or a sliding ornament between notes, often used to embellish the sacred melodies. This symbol is part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block in Unicode, which was included to support the digital representation and preservation of historical and religious musical texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D05D |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Lygisma |
| 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 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC5D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D05D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc5d |
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 |