U+1D18D "𝆍" Musical Symbol Subito Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝆍
U+1D18D "𝆍" Musical Symbol Subito is a specialized glyph used in musical notation to indicate a sudden dynamic change, most commonly instructing a performer to play a passage or note "subito" meaning immediately or suddenly, often in reference to a shift to a softer or louder volume. This symbol belongs to the Musical Symbols block within Unicode, which provides digital representation for a wide array of Western music notation marks not found in standard text characters. Its inclusion ensures that composers, arrangers, and musicologists can accurately encode and display this precise performance instruction in digital documents, sheet music software, and academic texts, preserving the clarity of expressive intent in written music.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D18D |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Subito |
| Block | Musical Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝆍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝆍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x86 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDD8D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D18D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udd8d |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |