U+1D0D9 "𝃙" Byzantine Musical Symbol Geniki Yfesis Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝃙
U+1D0D9 "𝃙" Byzantine Musical Symbol Geniki Yfesis is part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block, used in the notation of Byzantine chant to indicate a specific melodic or rhythmic instruction. This symbol, whose name translates from Greek to "General Decrease" or "General Lowering," typically directs the performer to gradually lower the pitch or diminish the intensity of the vocal line, contributing to the expressive and intricate system of neumes that guides the chanting of Eastern Orthodox liturgical music.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D0D9 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Geniki Yfesis |
| 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 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDCD9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D0D9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udcd9 |
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 |