U+1D120 "𝄠" Musical Symbol G Clef Ottava Bassa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝄠
U+1D120 "𝄠" Musical Symbol G Clef Ottava Bassa is a specialized musical notation glyph that indicates the treble clef (G clef) is to be performed one octave lower than written. This symbol, often used in modern scores for instruments like the guitar or double bass when notated in treble clef, features the standard G clef shape with a small "8" subscript attached to its lower loop to signify the octave transposition. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that composers and music software can accurately represent this clef variant in digital text, preserving the intended pitch shift in sheet music across different platforms and documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D120 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol G Clef Ottava Bassa |
| 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 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDD20 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D120 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udd20 |
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 |