U+1D116 "𝄖" Musical Symbol One-Line Staff Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝄖
U+1D116 "𝄖" Musical Symbol One-Line Staff is a specialized glyph used in Western music notation to represent a staff consisting of a single horizontal line, typically employed in medieval or early Renaissance chant or for notating percussion parts where only a single pitch or rhythmic pattern is required. This symbol, part of the Musical Symbols block, provides a clear visual reference for a staff that lacks the multiple lines of a modern five line staff, serving as a concise notation tool for musicologists, composers, and performers working with unconventional or historical scores.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D116 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol One-Line Staff |
| Block | Musical Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝄖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝄖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x84 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDD16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D116 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udd16 |
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 | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |