U+1D0A2 "𝂢" Byzantine Musical Symbol Martyria Protos Ichos Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝂢
U+1D0A2 "𝂢" Byzantine Musical Symbol Martyria Protos Ichos is a graphical mark used in the Byzantine musical notation system, which is the traditional liturgical chant notation of the Eastern Orthodox Church and other Byzantine-rite churches. This specific character, whose name translates roughly as "martyrion (or witness) of the first mode," functions as an intonation or key indicator, telling chanters that the music to follow belongs to the Protos Ichos (First Mode), one of the eight principal modes of Byzantine chant. It typically appears at the beginning of a hymn or musical section to establish the melodic framework and scalar foundation for the performance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D0A2 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Martyria Protos Ichos |
| 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 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDCA2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D0A2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udca2 |
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 |