U+1B78 "᭸" Balinese Musical Symbol Left-Hand Open Pang Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1B78 "᭸" Balinese Musical Symbol Left-Hand Open Pang is a graphical sign used in the Balinese script to represent a specific musical instruction for the traditional metallophone instruments of the Balinese gamelan ensemble. This symbol specifically indicates that the player should strike the note with the left hand in an open, unmuted manner, allowing the sound to resonate freely rather than being dampened. It is part of a larger set of Balinese musical notation symbols encoded in the Unicode standard to preserve and digitally represent the rich cultural heritage of Balinese performing arts, particularly the intricate rhythmic and melodic patterns of gamelan music.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B78 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Musical Symbol Left-Hand Open Pang |
| 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 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B78 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B78 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b78 |
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 |