U+1B73 "᭳" Balinese Musical Symbol Combining Gong Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᭳
U+1B73 "᭳" Balinese Musical Symbol Combining Gong is a specialized diacritical mark used in the Balinese script to indicate a specific musical ornament or percussive effect, likely associated with the gong instrument, within traditional Balinese musical notation. It is designed to combine with other base characters in the Balinese writing system, altering how a passage should be performed rhythmically or melodically. This symbol is part of a broader set of Balinese musical combining marks that help notate the intricate gamelan music of Bali, ensuring that written texts accurately convey performance instructions alongside linguistic content.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B73 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Musical Symbol Combining Gong |
| 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 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B73 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B73 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b73 |