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

Code Point U+1D17B
Version Added 3.1
Name Musical Symbol Combining Accent
Block Musical Symbols
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Below
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

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

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Inherited
Script Extensions Inherited
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend