U+1D09E "𝂞" Byzantine Musical Symbol Agogi Mesi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝂞
U+1D09E "𝂞" Byzantine Musical Symbol Agogi Mesi is a glyph used in the musical notation system of the Byzantine Empire, specifically representing a specific rhythmic or tempo marking known as "agogi" which indicates the speed or pace of a chant segment. This character is part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block in Unicode, a collection designed to encode the complex neumatic notations used in Byzantine liturgical music, where such symbols guided singers in interpreting melody and duration. The term "Mesi" refers to its function as a middle or mean tempo, positioning it within a scale of rhythmic indicators that range from slower to faster agogi signals.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D09E |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Agogi Mesi |
| 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 0x82 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDC9E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D09E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udc9e |
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 |