U+1D06F "𝁯" Byzantine Musical Symbol Psifistoparakalesma Unicode Character

U+1D06F "𝁯" Byzantine Musical Symbol Psifistoparakalesma is a specialized notation used in the transcription of Byzantine chant, a form of liturgical music within the Eastern Orthodox tradition. This symbol belongs to a larger set of Byzantine musical signs that indicate specific melodic patterns, vocal ornaments, or performance instructions, and Psifistoparakalesma denotes a particular type of rhythmic or ornamental nuance, likely involving a subtle slowing or emphasis within a phrase. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that scholars, musicians, and software systems can accurately represent and preserve this ancient musical tradition, which relies on a distinct neumatic notation system developed in the Byzantine Empire. As part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block, U+1D06F helps bridge historical manuscript studies with modern digital text and music processing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D06F
Version Added	3.1
Name	Byzantine Musical Symbol Psifistoparakalesma
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 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDC6F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D06F
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\udc6f

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