U+1D1E4 "𝇤" Musical Symbol Kievan Quarter Note Stem Down Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝇤

U+1D1E4 "𝇤" Musical Symbol Kievan Quarter Note Stem Down is a specific glyph within the Musical Symbols block that represents a note used in the Kievan square notation system, a medieval musical notation tradition primarily associated with Slavic liturgical chant. This character designates a quarter note with its stem pointing downward, indicating a pitch that is sung or played for a quarter of a whole note's duration in the context of Kievan chant. Unlike modern standard notation, this symbol is part of a historical system where square and rectangular noteheads are placed on a staff with specific rhythmic and neumatic implications. It forms part of a larger Unicode set that preserves and digitizes these ancient musical notations, ensuring compatibility for scholars, liturgists, and digital archives focused on eastern European sacred music.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D1E4
Version Added 8.0
Name Musical Symbol Kievan Quarter Note Stem Down
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 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD834 0xDDE4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D1E4
C/C++/Java Escape \ud834\udde4

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