Unicode Character "♭" (U+266D)

The character ♭ (Music Flat Sign) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+266D. 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 Music Flat Sign
Unicode Codepoint U+266D
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+266D Conversion

HTML (decimal) ♭
HTML (hex) ♭
HTML (named) ♭
URL Escape Code %E2%99%AD
CSS \00266D
JavaScript, JSON \u266D
C, C++, Java \u266D
Python \u266D
Rust \u{266D}
Ruby \u266D

How to type "♭"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x99 0xAD
UTF-16 (hex) 0x266D
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000266D

References