U+1D234 "𝈴" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-38 Unicode Character

U+1D234 "𝈴" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-38 is a lesser known glyph from the Ancient Greek Musical Notation block, which was added to the Unicode standard to support the transcription of ancient Greek music. This specific symbol belongs to a system of signs used to represent instrumental techniques or specific musical instructions, likely indicating a particular pitch or rhythmic pattern for the aulos or another wind instrument. Found primarily in scholarly and historical typography, it encodes a fragment of a sophisticated musical tradition that predates modern staff notation, allowing digital preservation and study of texts like the Delphic Hymns or papyrus fragments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D234
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-38
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 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDE34
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D234
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\ude34

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