U+1D1AC "𝆬" Musical Symbol Combining Harmonic Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝆬
U+1D1AC "𝆬" Musical Symbol Combining Harmonic is a notation mark within the Musical Symbols block, designed to appear above or below a note to indicate that it should be played as a harmonic, typically on stringed instruments. This combining character is placed in direct relation to a musical note to modify its performance, signaling to the musician to lightly touch the string at a specific nodal point to produce a higher, flute-like overtone. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that this precise instruction can be rendered in digital sheet music and text.[citation needed]
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D1AC |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Combining Harmonic |
| 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 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDDAC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D1AC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\uddac |