U+1D213 "𝈓" Greek Vocal Notation Symbol-20 Unicode Character

U+1D213 "𝈓" Greek Vocal Notation Symbol-20 is a rarely used historical character from the Ancient Greek Musical Notation block, specifically representing a vocal notation sign employed in ancient Greek music theory to indicate a specific pitch or melodic interval in vocal compositions. This symbol forms part of a larger system of diacritical marks and letters that ancient Greek theorists, such as Alypius, used to notate melodies, where each sign corresponds to a particular note within the Greater Perfect System. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and digital archivists can accurately represent and preserve the nuances of ancient Greek musical texts without resorting to modern approximations or visual substitutions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D213
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Vocal Notation Symbol-20
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 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDE13
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D213
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\ude13

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