U+1D13C "𝄼" Musical Symbol Half Rest Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝄼
U+1D13C "𝄼" Musical Symbol Half Rest is a standardized digital representation of a musical notation symbol that indicates a silence lasting for two beats in common time, visually depicted as a thick, horizontal rectangle positioned above the middle line of a five line staff. This character belongs to the Musical Symbols block of Unicode, which was designed to encode a comprehensive set of Western musical notation elements for use in digital text and rendering. Its inclusion allows musicians, composers, and software to accurately display and share sheet music without relying on images or specialized fonts, ensuring consistent interpretation across different platforms and applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D13C |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Half Rest |
| 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 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDD3C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D13C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udd3c |
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 |