U+1D222 "𝈢" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-8 Unicode Character

U+1D222 "𝈢" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-8 is a specialized glyph used within the block of Ancient Greek Musical Notation, a system designed to encode the symbols and signs employed in ancient Greek instrumental and vocal scores. This particular character represents a specific note value or performance instruction—the "8" in its name likely referring to its position in a series of related symbols—from the instrumental notation tradition, which differed from the vocal notation system and used modified letters of the Greek alphabet to indicate pitch and rhythm for instruments such as the aulos or lyre. Its inclusion in Unicode helps scholars, musicians, and digital typographers accurately represent and study the complex notation of ancient Greek music, ensuring that these historical symbols can be preserved and transmitted in modern electronic texts and databases.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D222
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-8
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 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDE22
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D222
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\ude22

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