U+1D0B4 "𝂴" Byzantine Musical Symbol Gorthmikon N Aploun Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝂴
U+1D0B4 "𝂴" Byzantine Musical Symbol Gorthmikon N Aploun is a notation mark used in Byzantine chant notation to indicate a specific melodic ornament or rhythmic nuance. This symbol represents a "simple" or "basic" form of the Gorthmikon neume, which typically guides the singer on how to perform a microtonal or expressive flourish in the chant. It belongs to the Byzantine Musical Symbols block, which encodes the ancient musical notation system used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and related liturgical traditions. The character is distinct from its complex or composite counterparts in the same system, serving as a fundamental building block for notating the highly ornate and melismatic Byzantine musical repertoire.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D0B4 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Gorthmikon N Aploun |
| 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 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDCB4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D0B4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udcb4 |
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 |