U+1D1D4 "𝇔" Musical Symbol Podatus Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝇔
U+1D1D4 "𝇔" Musical Symbol Podatus is a specialized glyph used within the modern encoding of medieval musical notation, specifically representing a neume from Gregorian chant. This particular symbol, known as a podatus (or pes), consists of two vertically stacked noteheads connected by a stem, indicating that the notes should be sung in ascending order from the lower pitch to the higher pitch. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for the digital representation and preservation of early music manuscripts, enabling musicians, scholars, and software to accurately reproduce the nuanced phrasing and melodic movements of plainchant in a text-based format.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D1D4 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Podatus |
| Block | 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 0x87 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDDD4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D1D4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\uddd4 |
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 |