U+1D1D3 "𝇓" Musical Symbol Virga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝇓
U+1D1D3 "𝇓" Musical Symbol Virga is a historical notation glyph used in Gregorian chant and early medieval music to indicate a single pitch sung with a rhythmic emphasis or lengthening, often appearing as a vertical stroke with a small flag or ligature mark. This symbol belongs to the Musical Symbols Unicode block and serves as a typographic representation of a neume, which guided singers in interpreting the contour and duration of a melody before modern staff notation was standardized. While rarely used in contemporary music, the Virga remains significant in scholarly editions and reconstructions of plainchant, preserving the subtle articulation intended by medieval composers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D1D3 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Virga |
| 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 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDDD3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D1D3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\uddd3 |
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 |