U+1D0B0 "𝂰" Byzantine Musical Symbol Fanerosis Difonias Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝂰
U+1D0B0 "𝂰" Byzantine Musical Symbol Fanerosis Difonias is a notation mark used in Byzantine music to indicate a specific vocal interpretation known as fanerosis, which means "manifestation" or "clarification," applied to the difonia or two part interval. This symbol directs the performer to sing the indicated note with a distinct emphasis or clarification of its pitch relationship within the musical phrase. It is part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block in Unicode, which encodes the neumatic notation system developed for the liturgical chant of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The character's use is primarily historical and liturgical, found in manuscripts that preserve the complex oral traditions of Byzantine chant into written form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D0B0 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Fanerosis Difonias |
| 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 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDCB0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D0B0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udcb0 |
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 |