U+1D0A9 "𝂩" Byzantine Musical Symbol Martyria Tetartos Legetos Ichos Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝂩
U+1D0A9 "𝂩" Byzantine Musical Symbol Martyria Tetartos Legetos Ichos is a specialized glyph from the Byzantine Musical Symbols block, used in the notation of Eastern Orthodox chant. It represents a martyria, or a mode indicator, specifically for the tetartos (fourth) mode in the legetos (spoken or recited) style of the ichos system, which classifies melodic formulas in Byzantine music. This symbol helps guide performers in identifying the correct tonal framework and expressive context for a given passage of chant, preserving the nuanced oral traditions of Byzantine liturgical music in written form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D0A9 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Martyria Tetartos Legetos 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 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDCA9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D0A9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udca9 |
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 |