U+1D161 "𝅘𝅥𝅯" Musical Symbol Sixteenth Note Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝅘𝅥𝅯
U+1D161 "𝅘𝅥𝅯" Musical Symbol Sixteenth Note is a typographic representation used in musical notation to denote a note with a duration equal to one sixteenth of a whole note, often called a semiquaver in British English. This symbol depicts a filled oval note head with a single vertical stem and two curved flags or hooks attached to its top, distinguishing it from other note values. It belongs to the Musical Symbols Unicode block, which was designed to support digital representation of Western musical scores, allowing composers and software to accurately render this specific rhythmic duration without relying on graphical images.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D161 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Sixteenth Note |
| Block | Musical Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "𝅘𝅥" U+1D15F Musical Symbol Quarter Note "𝅯" U+1D16F Musical Symbol Combining Flag-2 |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝅘𝅥𝅯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝅘𝅥𝅯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x85 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDD61 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D161 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udd61 |