Unicode Character “” (U+1D173)
Musical Symbol Begin Beam — Invisible format marker denoting the start of a musical beam grouping
Technical Specifications for Musical Symbol Begin Beam (U+1D173)
Complete official Unicode Standard metadata and binary encodings.
| Name: | Musical Symbol Begin Beam |
|---|---|
| Unicode Version: | 3.1 (March 2001) |
| Block: | Musical Symbols (U+1D100 - U+1D1FF) |
| Plane: | Supplementary Multilingual Plane (Plane 1, U+10000 - U+1FFFF) |
| Script: | Common (Zyyy) |
| Category: | Format (Cf) |
| Bidirectional Class: | Boundary Neutral (BN) |
| Combining Class: | Not Reordered (0) |
| Character is Mirrored: | No |
| HTML Entities: | |
| UTF-8 Encoding: | 0xF0 0x9D 0x85 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding: | 0xD834 0xDD73 |
| UTF-32 Encoding: | 0x0001D173 |
| Decomposition: | None |
App & Gaming Compatibility Matrix
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Beaming start marker
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About Musical Symbol Begin Beam (U+1D173)
Musical Symbol Begin Beam (U+1D173) is an invisible control character in Plane 1 used by music software to group notes under a beam without drawing an explicit standalone glyph.
How to Use U+1D173 in Games & Social Apps
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- Step 3: Paste the copied character into your username field, bio, or message text box.
- Step 4: Save or send. The platform will treat the character as valid text without displaying any visible letters!
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Musical Symbol Begin Beam (U+1D173).
What is U+1D173 used for?
A musical typesetting delimiter indicating where note beaming begins.