U+1D177 "" Musical Symbol Begin Slur Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1D177 "" Musical Symbol Begin Slur is a typographic notation used in musical score engraving to indicate the start of a slur, which is a curved line that connects two or more notes to be played legato or smoothly without articulation. This specific character belongs to the Musical Symbols block of the Unicode Standard, part of a larger set designed to digitally represent musical notation in plain text on computers and devices. Its inclusion allows for the precise rendering of Western classical and contemporary music notation in digital formats, ensuring that the beginning of a slur can be clearly designated in a text based score or musical analysis.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D177 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Begin Slur |
| Block | Musical Symbols |
| General Category | Format |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Boundary Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝅷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝅷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x85 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDD77 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D177 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udd77 |