U+1B79 "᭹" Balinese Musical Symbol Left-Hand Open Pung Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1B79 "᭹" Balinese Musical Symbol Left-Hand Open Pung is a specific sign used in the traditional notation system of Balinese gamelan music, representing a particular hand position and striking technique for the kendang, or Balinese drum. This symbol instructs the musician to play with the left hand in an open, relaxed position, producing a resonant, open-pitched sound on the drumhead. As part of the Balinese script block in Unicode, it helps preserve and digitally encode the nuanced rhythmic and melodic instructions essential for accurately performing the complex, interlocking patterns of gamelan compositions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B79 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Balinese Musical Symbol Left-Hand Open Pung |
| 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 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1B79 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001B79 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1b79 |
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 |