U+1D186 "𝆆" Musical Symbol Combining Rip Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝆆
U+1D186 "𝆆" Musical Symbol Combining Rip is a notation mark used in musical scores to indicate a rapid, often percussive tearing or ripping effect across the strings of an instrument, most commonly on the harp or piano. It is categorized within the Musical Symbols block and is designed to be combined with a preceding note or chord, instructing the performer to execute a swift, glissando-like sweep that sounds as a single, explosive gesture. This character allows composers and arrangers to precisely notate this specific and dramatic articulatory technique within digital sheet music.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D186 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Combining Rip |
| Block | Musical Symbols |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝆆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝆆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x86 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDD86 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D186 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udd86 |