U+1D23C "𝈼" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-49 Unicode Character

U+1D23C "𝈼" Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-49 is a special symbol representing a specific musical note or notation used in ancient Greek instrumental music, part of the broader set of Ancient Greek Musical Notation characters encoded in the Unicode standard. This symbol, designated as number 49 in its instrumental system, serves as a written indicator of pitch or rhythmic information for instruments such as the lyre or aulos, distinct from the vocal notation system also used by ancient Greeks. The character is included in Unicode to preserve and encode historical scripts, enabling digital representation and scholarly study of ancient musical practices from this early Mediterranean culture.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D23C
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-49
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 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDE3C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D23C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\ude3c

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