U+1D0B8 "𝂸" Byzantine Musical Symbol Imifthoron Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝂸
U+1D0B8 "𝂸" Byzantine Musical Symbol Imifthoron is a glyph used in the Byzantine musical notation system, which was developed for the chanting of Eastern Orthodox liturgical music. This specific symbol, known as the Imifthoron, functions as a simple or minor accent mark that typically indicates a slight melodic rise or a variation in the vocal delivery of a neume, often serving to ornament or connect notes within a phrase. It is part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block in Unicode, a collection of characters designed to preserve and digitally represent the medieval Greek-based notation system that predates modern staff notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D0B8 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Imifthoron |
| 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 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDCB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D0B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udcb8 |
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 |