U+1D119 "𝄙" Musical Symbol Four-Line Staff Unicode Character

U+1D119 "𝄙" Musical Symbol Four-Line Staff is a specialized typographic element used in musical notation to represent a staff consisting of exactly four horizontal lines, most commonly associated with early European chant notation or specific instrumental traditions where a five-line staff is not required. This symbol belongs to the Unicode block for musical symbols and allows digital text and score editing software to accurately render historical or non standard staff configurations. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that composers, musicologists, and transcriptionists can digitize and share manuscripts that rely on the four line system without needing graphical images or workarounds.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D119
Version Added	3.1
Name	Musical Symbol Four-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 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDD19
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D119
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\udd19

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