U+1D0EF "𝃯" Byzantine Musical Symbol Arktiko Ni Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝃯
U+1D0EF "𝃯" Byzantine Musical Symbol Arktiko Ni is a notation used in Byzantine music, a liturgical chant tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This symbol belongs to a complex system of neumes that indicate melodic movement, rather than specific pitches, and the Arktiko Ni typically signifies a descending melodic pattern, often associated with a calm or peaceful musical phrase. It forms part of the Byzantine Musical Symbols block in Unicode, which was added to preserve and digitally represent this ancient musical script for modern scholarship, liturgical use, and historical research.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D0EF |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Byzantine Musical Symbol Arktiko Ni |
| 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 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDCEF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D0EF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udcef |
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 |