U+1D20D "𝈍" Greek Vocal Notation Symbol-14 Unicode Character

U+1D20D "𝈍" Greek Vocal Notation Symbol-14 is a rarely used symbol from the ancient Greek musical notation system, specifically part of the vocal or "vocalic" notation that indicated pitch and melodic intervals for sung texts. This character represents a specific rhythmic or melodic value within a complex system of signs that were employed in classical and Hellenistic Greece to notate music, long before the development of modern staff notation. Unlike the later instrumental notation, these vocal symbols were typically written above the lyric text and served as a guide for singers, with Symbol-14 denoting a particular note or vocal inflection within that tradition.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D20D
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Vocal Notation Symbol-14
Block	Ancient Greek Musical Notation
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝈍
HTML Hex Encoding	𝈍
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x88 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDE0D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D20D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\ude0d

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	Greek
Script Extensions	Greek
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other