U+1D0C1 "𝃁" Byzantine Musical Symbol Fthora Diatoniki Ni Kato Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝃁
U+1D0C1 "𝃁" Byzantine Musical Symbol Fthora Diatoniki Ni Kato is a specialized glyph used in Byzantine musical notation, a system developed for the chanting of liturgical texts in Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite traditions. This symbol specifically represents a fthora, or modulation marker, indicating a shift to the diatonic genus (a specific set of intervals) for the note "Ni" in the lower octave. It functions as a critical instruction for the cantor, signaling a temporary alteration in the melodic scale's pitch structure to ensure the correct performance of the mode during a hymn or chant.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D0C1 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Fthora Diatoniki Ni Kato |
| 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 0x83 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDCC1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D0C1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udcc1 |
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 |