U+1D229 "𝈩" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-19 Unicode Character

U+1D229 "𝈩" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-19 is a character from the ancient Greek musical notation system, specifically within the block dedicated to Greek instrumental and vocal notation. This symbol represents a specific musical note or instruction used by Greek musicians during the Hellenistic period, typically inscribed on stone or papyrus to denote pitch and rhythm for instruments. It forms part of a larger set of over 70 known symbols that were employed alongside the vocal notation system to transcribe melodies, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent this early form of Western musical heritage.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D229
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-19
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 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDE29
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D229
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\ude29

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