U+1D156 "𝅖" Musical Symbol Parenthesis Notehead Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝅖
U+1D156 "𝅖" Musical Symbol Parenthesis Notehead is a specialized glyph within the Musical Symbols block, designed for use in modern or experimental music notation. It represents a notehead enclosed by a parenthesis, which typically indicates that the pitch should be played or sung as an approximation, a microtonal adjustment, or a non-standard intonation rather than an exact pitch. This symbol is commonly found in contemporary compositions where composers need to convey flexible or indeterminate tuning, providing a visual cue to performers that the written note is a guide rather than a strict absolute.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D156 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Parenthesis 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 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDD56 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D156 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udd56 |
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 |