U+1D218 "𝈘" Greek Vocal Notation Symbol-50 Unicode Character

U+1D218 "𝈘" Greek Vocal Notation Symbol-50 is a symbol from the Ancient Greek musical notation system known as vocal or prosodic notation, used to indicate specific melodic intervals and vocal delivery in ancient texts. This particular character represents a note or rhythmic value within a scale of 50 symbols that were inscribed above Greek words in papyri and manuscripts to guide singers in performing epic poetry, hymns, and dramatic choral works. Unlike later Byzantine neumes or modern staff notation, these symbols were part of a sophisticated alphabetical and iconic system developed around the 4th century BCE, where each shape encoded both pitch direction and duration. Despite its name, the glyph does not correspond to a modern musical note but serves as a digital representation of a historical artifact, preserved in the Unicode standard to support scholarly work in classical philology and music archaeology.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D218
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Vocal Notation Symbol-50
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 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDE18
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D218
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\ude18

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