U+1D23A "𝈺" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-47 Unicode Character

U+1D23A "𝈺" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-47 is a specific glyph belonging to the Ancient Greek Musical Notation block, which was added to the Unicode standard to encode the notation system used in ancient Greece for instrumental music. This particular symbol, designated as Symbol-47, represents a note or musical instruction for instruments, typically appearing in ancient musical manuscripts alongside other such symbols to indicate pitch, rhythm, or performance technique. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and reproduction of this early form of musical writing, which is distinct from the vocal notation system and provides insight into the musical practices of the Hellenistic period.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D23A
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-47
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 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDE3A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D23A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\ude3a

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