U+1D145 "𝅅" Musical Symbol Circle X Notehead Unicode Character

U+1D145 "𝅅" Musical Symbol Circle X Notehead is a specialized glyph used in modern music notation, primarily to indicate a specific percussive or indeterminate pitch. It visually resembles a standard notehead but features a small circle with an "X" inside it, distinguishing it from other altered noteheads like the simple X or diamond shapes. This symbol is typically employed in avant-garde compositions, percussion scores, or graphic notation where precise pitch is unimportant, and its meaning can be defined by the composer for effects like struck strings, muted sounds, or rhythmic noise.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D145
Version Added	3.1
Name	Musical Symbol Circle X Notehead
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 0x85 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDD45
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D145
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\udd45

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