U+1D078 "𝁸" Byzantine Musical Symbol Thema Aploun Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝁸
U+1D078 "𝁸" Byzantine Musical Symbol Thema Aploun is a neume used in the notation of Byzantine chant, which is the liturgical music of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This specific symbol, often interpreted as a simple or "plain" thema, functions as a musical ornament or melodic inflection, typically indicating a slight rise or emphasis in pitch within a choral passage. Its encoding in the Unicode standard under the Byzantine Musical Symbols block allows scholars, musicians, and liturgists to digitally represent and preserve this ancient musical tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D078 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Thema Aploun |
| 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 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC78 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D078 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc78 |
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 |