U+1D1E6 "𝇦" Musical Symbol Kievan Eighth Note Stem Down Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝇦
U+1D1E6 "𝇦" Musical Symbol Kievan Eighth Note Stem Down is part of the Musical Symbols block, specifically representing a notation used in Kievan Square notation, a system historically employed in Eastern Slavic liturgical music. This character depicts an eighth note where the stem extends downward from the left side of the notehead, distinguishing it from its stem-up counterpart. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital representation of medieval and early modern music manuscripts, preserving a key element of the musical heritage from the Kyivan Rus and later Russian Orthodox traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D1E6 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Musical Symbol Kievan Eighth 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 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD834 0xDDE6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D1E6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud834\udde6 |
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 |