U+16FF5 "ð–¿µ" Yangqin Sign Slow Three Half Beats Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+16FF5 "ð–¿µ" Yangqin Sign Slow Three Half Beats is a musical notation symbol used in the traditional Chinese yangqin or hammered dulcimer repertoire, specifically denoting a tempo instruction for the player to perform a passage slowly while maintaining a rhythmic pattern of three half note beats per measure. This sign belongs to a specialized set of performance annotations within Unicode's Duployan shorthand and musical notation blocks, reflecting efforts to digitally encode historical and folkloric music symbols. Its inclusion allows for accurate transcription and preservation of traditional Chinese musical scores, supporting precise interpretive cues for tempo and duration in written form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16FF5 |
| Version Added | 17.0 |
| Name | Yangqin Sign Slow Three Half Beats |
| Block | Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖿵 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖿵 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xBF 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDFF5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016FF5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udff5 |