U+1D1D6 "𝇖" Musical Symbol Scandicus Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝇖
U+1D1D6 "𝇖" Musical Symbol Scandicus is a notation glyph found in the Medieval musical symbols block, used in neumatic notation for Gregorian chant. This symbol represents an ascending group of three notes, typically moving from a lower pitch to a higher one, and it served as a guide for singers to interpret melodic contour before the modern standard staff was developed. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars and musicians to digitally represent these historic manuscripts with accuracy, preserving the unique rhythmic and expressive qualities of early Western musical traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D1D6 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Scandicus |
| 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 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDDD6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D1D6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\uddd6 |
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 |