U+1D221 "𝈡" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-7 Unicode Character

U+1D221 "𝈡" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-7 is a specific glyph within the block for Ancient Greek Musical Notation, which encodes symbols used to notate melodies and instrumental techniques in classical Greek texts. This particular symbol, representing the seventh sign in a series of instrumental notation marks, was employed by ancient Greek musicians to indicate a specific pitch, rhythm, or performance instruction for instruments such as the lyre or aulos. Part of the broader effort to digitally preserve historical writing systems, this character helps scholars and researchers accurately reproduce and study the complex musical scores of Hellenistic and Roman-era Greece.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D221
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-7
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 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDE21
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D221
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\ude21

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