U+1D1B6 "𝆶" Musical Symbol Maxima Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝆶
U+1D1B6 "𝆶" Musical Symbol Maxima is a notation glyph used in mensural notation, a precursor to modern Western musical notation primarily used from the 13th to the 16th centuries. This symbol represents the maxima, which is a note value that was historically the longest or one of the longest note durations in a given piece, typically equating in modern proportional terms to eight or sixteen whole notes depending on the mensuration sign. Its inclusion in the Unicode Musical Symbols block ensures that scholars, musicians, and typesetters can accurately represent this historical notational element in digital texts, preserving the visual integrity of early music manuscripts and modern scholarly editions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D1B6 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Maxima |
| 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 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDDB6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D1B6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\uddb6 |
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 |