U+1D17B "𝅻" Musical Symbol Combining Accent Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1D17B "𝅻" Musical Symbol Combining Accent is a combining diacritical mark used in Western musical notation to indicate that a note should be played or sung with a sharp, emphasized attack, often instructing the performer to articulate the note more forcefully than its surrounding notes. This symbol is designed to be placed directly above or below a musical notehead, combining with that note character within a digital text or score to modify its articulation. As part of the Musical Symbols block in Unicode, it supports the precise representation of complex sheet music in plain text, enabling composers, arrangers, and musicologists to encode this common performance instruction without relying on specialized image files. The glyph specifically depicts a short, angled wedge shape, typically known as an accent mark, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve accurate musical expression across different software platforms and fonts.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𝅻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𝅻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x9D 0x85 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD834 0xDD7B |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001D17B |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud834\udd7b |
Unicode Properties