U+1D1E8 "𝇨" Musical Symbol Kievan Flat Sign Unicode Character

U+1D1E8 "𝇨" Musical Symbol Kievan Flat Sign is a historical typographic glyph used in Kievan Square notation, a medieval musical notation system employed in Eastern Slavic liturgical chants, particularly in the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox traditions. This symbol functions as an accidental, indicating that a note should be lowered by one semitone, analogous to the modern flat sign. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and digitally represent the unique musical heritage of the Kievan chant tradition, allowing scholars and musicians to accurately encode and display these ancient scores in contemporary digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D1E8
Version Added	8.0
Name	Musical Symbol Kievan Flat Sign
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 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDDE8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D1E8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\udde8

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