U+1D134 "𝄴" Musical Symbol Common Time Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝄴
U+1D134 "𝄴" Musical Symbol Common Time is a glyph used in Western musical notation to indicate a time signature of 4/4, meaning four beats per measure with a quarter note receiving one beat. Represented by a bold capital letter C, this symbol historically derives from the medieval concept of "tempus perfectum" but today simply stands for common time, the most frequently encountered meter in Western music. It is part of the Musical Symbols block in Unicode, enabling precise digital representation of sheet music and facilitating consistent rendering across various fonts and software platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D134 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Common Time |
| 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 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDD34 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D134 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udd34 |
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 |