U+1B6D "᭭" Balinese Musical Symbol Combining Kempul Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᭭
U+1B6D "᭭" Balinese Musical Symbol Combining Kempul is a combining mark used in the Balinese script to represent a specific musical notation for the kempul, a type of hanging gong in a traditional Balinese gamelan orchestra. This symbol is placed above or in conjunction with other Balinese characters to indicate the rhythmic placement or emphasis of the kempul's stroke within a musical composition. It forms part of the Balinese musical notation system, which encodes the intricate melodic and percussive patterns unique to the island's rich cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B6D |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Musical Symbol Combining Kempul |
| 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 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B6D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B6D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b6d |