U+1D0C8 "𝃈" Byzantine Musical Symbol Chroa Zygos Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝃈
U+1D0C8 "𝃈" Byzantine Musical Symbol Chroa Zygos is a graphical element used in the notation of Byzantine chant, a form of liturgical music in the Eastern Orthodox Church. This symbol, part of the Unicode block for Byzantine Musical Symbols, indicates a specific melodic ornamentation or inflection, known as a "chroa," which alters the execution of a musical phrase. In particular, "zygos" refers to a pair or a joining, suggesting that this symbol modifies the pitch or rhythm in conjunction with another note or symbol, contributing to the rich, modal complexity of Byzantine psalmody and hymnody.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D0C8 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Chroa Zygos |
| 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 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDCC8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D0C8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udcc8 |
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 |