U+1D0B1 "𝂱" Byzantine Musical Symbol Martyria Varys Ichos Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝂱
U+1D0B1 "𝂱" Byzantine Musical Symbol Martyria Varys Ichos is a glyph from the Byzantine Musical Symbols block used in the notation of Eastern Orthodox chant. This symbol serves as a martyria, a specific type of marker that indicates a change in mode or scale, with "Varys Ichos" referencing one of the eight principal modes in Byzantine music theory, the Varys (or heavy) mode. Its function is to guide the singer or chanter in identifying the correct tonal center and melodic framework for the subsequent passage of the hymn.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D0B1 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Martyria Varys 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 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDCB1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D0B1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udcb1 |
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 |