U+1D136 "𝄶" Musical Symbol Ottava Alta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝄶
U+1D136 "𝄶" Musical Symbol Ottava Alta is a typographic sign used in musical notation to indicate that a passage should be performed one octave higher than written, often placed above the staff for clarity. It is part of the Musical Symbols block within the Unicode standard, designed to support precise digital representation of Western classical notation. This character serves as an alternative to the older method of using the letters "8va" with a dotted or dashed line, offering a distinct and standardized glyph for engraving and text-based music scores.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D136 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Ottava Alta |
| 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 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDD36 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D136 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udd36 |
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 |