U+1D166 "𝅦" Musical Symbol Combining Sprechgesang Stem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝅦
U+1D166 "𝅦" Musical Symbol Combining Sprechgesang Stem is a combining mark used in musical notation to indicate a specific vocal technique known as Sprechgesang, or spoken singing. This character is applied to a note stem to denote that the performer should sing with a partially spoken, rhythmic inflection rather than a purely pitched tone. It belongs to the Musical Symbols block of Unicode, which encompasses a wide range of notation marks for modern and historical music scores. When rendered correctly in supporting fonts, it appears as a small vertical line attached to the stem, visually distinguishing it from standard notational elements.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D166 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Combining Sprechgesang Stem |
| Block | Musical Symbols |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Attached Above Right |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝅦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝅦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x85 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDD66 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D166 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udd66 |