U+1D14F "𝅏" Musical Symbol Triangle Notehead down Black Unicode Character

U+1D14F "𝅏" Musical Symbol Triangle Notehead down Black is a visual notation element from the Musical Symbols block, specifically part of the collection of noteheads used in modern and historical music notation. It represents a filled, downward-pointing triangle shape, which is typically employed in percussion or avant-garde scores to indicate a specific unpitched sound or a special performance technique distinct from standard oval noteheads. Unlike its upward-pointing counterpart, the downward orientation suggests a particular timbre or articulation, and its black filled form denotes a standard duration rather than an open or hollow notehead. This glyph serves as a specialized tool for composers and arrangers to achieve precise rhythmic and sonic instructions in musical manuscripts and digital sheet music.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D14F
Version Added	3.1
Name	Musical Symbol Triangle Notehead down Black
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 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDD4F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D14F
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\udd4f

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