U+23D9 "⏙" Metrical Pentaseme Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⏙
U+23D9 "⏙" Metrical Pentaseme is a typographic symbol used in the field of prosody, specifically in the scansion of classical Greek and Latin poetry, where it represents a metrical foot consisting of five short syllables. This character belongs to the Miscellaneous Technical block of the Unicode Standard and is encoded as part of a set of metrical signs that help scholars visually diagram verse patterns. Its shape typically appears as a horizontal line with a small central marker, distinguishing it from other metrical notations like the metrical tetraseme or triteme, and it serves as a precise tool for annotating the rhythmic structure of ancient poetic texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+23D9 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Metrical Pentaseme |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⏙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⏙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8F 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x23D9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000023D9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u23d9 |
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 | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |