Unicode Character "♫" (U+266B)

The character ♫ (Beamed Eighth Notes) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+266B. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ♫.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Beamed Eighth Notes
Unicode Codepoint U+266B
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Miscellaneous Symbols
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+266B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ♫
HTML (hex) ♫
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%99%AB
CSS \00266B
JavaScript, JSON \u266B
C, C++, Java \u266B
Python \u266B
Rust \u{266B}
Ruby \u266B

How to type "♫"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 6 6 B. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 6 6 B. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ♫
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ♫
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ♫
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x99 0xAB
UTF-16 (hex) 0x266B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000266B

References