U+1B68 "᭨" Balinese Musical Symbol Deung Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᭨
U+1B68 "᭨" Balinese Musical Symbol Deung is a glyph used in the Balinese script to represent a specific musical notation element, primarily employed in traditional Balinese texts and manuscripts that document gamelan music and vocal compositions. This symbol serves as a reading or performance indicator, likely denoting a particular pitch, rhythmic pattern, or musical nuance within the complex system of Balinese notation. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and digitally represent the rich cultural heritage of Balinese performing arts, ensuring that this specialized script can be displayed and shared across modern electronic devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B68 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Musical Symbol Deung |
| Block | Balinese |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᭨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᭨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAD 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B68 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B68 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b68 |
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 | Ideographic |
| Script | Balinese |
| Script Extensions | Balinese |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |