U+1D09F "𝂟" Byzantine Musical Symbol Agogi Gorgi Unicode Character

U+1D09F "𝂟" Byzantine Musical Symbol Agogi Gorgi is a glyph used in the notation of Byzantine chant music, where it represents an instruction to sing a passage quickly or with a faster tempo, as "agoga gorgi" translates to "fast rendition" in Greek. This symbol is part of a large set of Byzantine musical neumes encoded in Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane, designed to preserve the historical and liturgical music tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The character depicts a specific curving shape that, in manuscript notation, combines with other neumes to convey rhythmic and melodic nuances. By including this symbol in the Unicode standard, digital systems can accurately represent and display the complex notation of Byzantine music, supporting its study, performance, and cultural transmission.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D09F
Version Added	3.1
Name	Byzantine Musical Symbol Agogi Gorgi
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 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDC9F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D09F
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\udc9f

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