U+1D1DC "𝇜" Musical Symbol Torculus Resupinus Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝇜
U+1D1DC "𝇜" Musical Symbol Torculus Resupinus is a rarely used neume notation from medieval Gregorian chant, found in the Unicode Musical Symbols block. It represents a specific melodic figure consisting of three notes in a rising then descending pattern, typically sung on a single syllable in early plainchant manuscripts. This symbol is part of a complex system of neumes that guided singers without indicating precise pitches, with the torculus resupinus denoting a compound shape that curves upward and then reverses direction. As a digital representation, it helps preserve historical liturgical music for modern scholarly and musical use, though it remains obscure outside of specialized paleography contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D1DC |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Torculus Resupinus |
| 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 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDDDC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D1DC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udddc |
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 |