U+1D230 "𝈰" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-30 Unicode Character

U+1D230 "𝈰" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-30 is a character from the Ancient Greek Musical Notation block, representing a specific symbol used in the ancient Greek system of instrumental notation. Unlike vocal notation, which was primarily based on the letters of the Greek alphabet, instrumental notation employed a distinct set of symbols to convey musical pitches and rhythms for instruments such as the aulos and the kithara. This particular symbol, number 30 in that system, would have indicated a specific note or tonal instruction for the performer. Modern scholars rely on these symbols to reconstruct the sounds and practices of ancient Greek music, making this character a key tool for understanding the musical heritage of classical antiquity.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D230
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-30
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 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDE30
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D230
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\ude30

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