U+1D1C6 "𝇆" Musical Symbol Semiminima Rest Unicode Character

U+1D1C6 "𝇆" Musical Symbol Semiminima Rest is a typographic representation of a specific musical rest used in historical or modern notation to indicate a silence lasting the length of a semiminima, which is a note value equivalent to a quarter note. This character belongs to the Musical Symbols block and is typically employed in scholarly editions of early music, manuscripts, or specialized notation systems where a distinct graphical form for a quarter rest is required, differing from the more common modern rest symbols. Its existence in Unicode ensures accurate digital representation and rendering of such historical musical texts across platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D1C6
Version Added	3.1
Name	Musical Symbol Semiminima Rest
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 0x87 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDDC6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D1C6
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\uddc6

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