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

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 Combining Mark
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Extend Yes
Other Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend