U+1D245 "𝉅" Greek Musical Leimma Unicode Character

U+1D245 "𝉅" Greek Musical Leimma is a specialized symbol from the Ancient Greek Musical Notation block, representing a specific musical interval known as a leimma, which in ancient Greek music theory denotes a minor semitone or a smaller-than-standard interval used for melodic nuance and tuning. Unlike standard letters, this character is not used in written language but rather in scholarly reproductions of ancient Greek musical scores, where it functioned as a diacritical or rhythmic marker to indicate a precise microtonal pitch adjustment. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital representation of historical Greek musical texts, preserving a subtle aspect of the sophisticated harmonic and modal systems developed in antiquity.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D245
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Musical Leimma
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 0x89 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDE45
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D245
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\ude45

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