U+1D23B "𝈻" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-48 Unicode Character

U+1D23B "𝈻" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-48 is a specific glyph from the ancient Greek system of musical notation used to represent instrumental music, as opposed to vocal music. This symbol belongs to the block of characters known as Ancient Greek Musical Notation, which encodes signs found in surviving papyri and inscriptions from the Hellenistic period. The symbol itself, designated as number 48 in the instrumental notation series, visually resembles a complex combination of curved and straight strokes, and it indicates a particular pitch or melodic pattern to be performed on instruments such as the kithara or aulos. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars and musicians to accurately reproduce and study ancient Greek musical texts in digital formats.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D23B
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-48
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 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDE3B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D23B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\ude3b

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