U+1D05F "𝁟" Byzantine Musical Symbol Parakalesma Neo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝁟
U+1D05F "𝁟" Byzantine Musical Symbol Parakalesma Neo is a specialized glyph used in the notation of Byzantine chant, a form of liturgical music in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. This particular symbol represents a neume called the parakalesma, which instructs the singer to perform a melodic ornament or a brief, expressive pause, often signaling a moment of supplication or entreaty in the chant. It is part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block in Unicode, which encodes a comprehensive set of signs for accurately reproducing the musical scripts found in medieval Byzantine manuscripts and modern liturgical editions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D05F |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Parakalesma 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 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC5F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D05F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc5f |
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 |