Music Note symbol
Type :music_note: · Tech & keys
Unicode name Eighth Note · Miscellaneous Symbols block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What ♪ is for
A single eighth note, used to mark a song title or a lyric in plain text. Chat and status fields are where it earns its keep, since neither can do italics.
How to type ♪
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:music_note: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex
Input source and type 266A with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 266A then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:music_note: On the web
HTML ♪
Unicode U+266A
JavaScript '\u{266A}'
CSS "\266A"
Python '\u266A'
URL %E2%99%AA
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