U+1B6B "᭫" Balinese Musical Symbol Combining Tegeh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᭫
U+1B6B "᭫" Balinese Musical Symbol Combining Tegeh is a diacritical mark used in the Balinese script for writing musical notation, specifically indicating a rise or upward movement in pitch when applied to a base note character. This combining symbol is part of a larger system of Balinese musical notation designed to represent the melodic contours of traditional gamelan music, allowing performers to interpret the intended vocal or instrumental intonation. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally support the unique cultural heritage of Balinese music and writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B6B |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Musical Symbol Combining Tegeh |
| Block | Balinese |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᭫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᭫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAD 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B6B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B6B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b6b |