This is the Unicode character MUSICAL SYMBOL BEGIN BEAM, code point U+1D173 (decimal 119155) in the Musical Symbols block, added in Unicode 3.1. In HTML write 𝅳, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 9D 85 B3.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1D173 |
| Decimal | 119155 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9D 85 B3 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D834 DD73 |
| UTF-32 | 0001D173 |
| HTML decimal | 𝅳 |
| HTML hex | 𝅳 |
| CSS | \1D173 |
| JavaScript | \u{1D173} or \uD834\uDD73 |
| JSON | \uD834\uDD73 |
| Python | \U0001D173 |
| Python by name | \N{MUSICAL SYMBOL BEGIN BEAM} |
| Java, C# | \uD834\uDD73 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1D173} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001D173 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9D%85%B3 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character takes two code units (a surrogate pair) and "x".length is 2. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | MUSICAL SYMBOL BEGIN BEAM |
| Code point | U+1D173 (decimal 119155) |
| Block | Musical Symbols (U+1D100–U+1D1FF) |
| General category | Cf: Format character |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | BN: Boundary neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.1 |
Nearby in Musical Symbols
- 𝅫 U+1D16B Musical Symbol Fingered Tremolo-2
- 𝅬 U+1D16C Musical Symbol Fingered Tremolo-3
- U+1D16D Musical Symbol Combining Augmentation Dot
- U+1D16E Musical Symbol Combining Flag-1
- U+1D16F Musical Symbol Combining Flag-2
- U+1D170 Musical Symbol Combining Flag-3
- U+1D171 Musical Symbol Combining Flag-4
- U+1D172 Musical Symbol Combining Flag-5
- U+1D174 Musical Symbol End Beam
- U+1D175 Musical Symbol Begin Tie
- U+1D176 Musical Symbol End Tie
- U+1D177 Musical Symbol Begin Slur
- U+1D178 Musical Symbol End Slur
- U+1D179 Musical Symbol Begin Phrase
- U+1D17A Musical Symbol End Phrase
- U+1D17B Musical Symbol Combining Accent
All 256 characters: Musical Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for MUSICAL SYMBOL BEGIN BEAM?
- Use 𝅳 (decimal) or 𝅳 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1D173?
- F0 9D 85 B3 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9D%85%B3.
- How do I write U+1D173 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1D173} or \uD834\uDD73. Python: \U0001D173.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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