U+1D21C "𝈜" Greek Vocal Notation Symbol-54 Unicode Character

U+1D21C "𝈜" Greek Vocal Notation Symbol-54 is a rarely used ancient Greek musical sign, part of a larger system of vocal notation that was employed between roughly the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE to indicate melodic pitch and rhythmic patterns in sung poetry. Specifically, this symbol corresponds to a particular note or vocal inflection, helping to guide performers in the interpretation of the original melodies, which were predominantly used for lyric texts and dramatic choruses. It falls within the Ancient Greek Musical Notation block of Unicode (U+1D200 to U+1D24F), a specialized range designed to encode these historical symbols for digital representation and scholarly study.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D21C
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Vocal Notation Symbol-54
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 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDE1C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D21C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\ude1c

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