U+1D17F "𝅿" Musical Symbol Combining Marcato Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝅿

U+1D17F "𝅿" Musical Symbol Combining Marcato is a combining diacritical mark used in musical notation to indicate that a note should be played with a strong, emphasized accent, often with a slight separation or "bounce" from surrounding notes. This symbol is part of the Musical Symbols block within the Unicode standard, specifically designed for use in modern and historical music typesetting. When placed above or below a notehead, it modifies that note's articulation, instructing the performer to apply a sharp, forceful attack that combines the characteristics of a standard accent and a staccato dot. Its inclusion in digital character encoding allows composers, music engravers, and software developers to represent this nuanced performance instruction accurately in electronic sheet music and text-based musical analysis.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D17F
Version Added 3.1
Name Musical Symbol Combining Marcato
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 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD834 0xDD7F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D17F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud834\udd7f

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