Unicode Character "♯" (U+266F)

The character ♯ (Music Sharp Sign) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+266F. 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 Sharp Sign
Unicode Codepoint U+266F
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 Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+266F Conversion

HTML (decimal) ♯
HTML (hex) ♯
HTML (named) ♯
URL Escape Code %E2%99%AF
CSS \00266F
JavaScript, JSON \u266F
C, C++, Java \u266F
Python \u266F
Rust \u{266F}
Ruby \u266F

How to type "♯"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x99 0xAF
UTF-16 (hex) 0x266F
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000266F

References