Music Notes symbol
Type :music_notes: · Tech & keys
Unicode name Beamed Eighth Notes · Miscellaneous Symbols block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What ♫ is for
Two beamed eighth notes. Where the single note marks a song, the pair reads as music playing, which is why karaoke subtitles bracket lyrics with it.
How to type ♫
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:music_notes: 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 266B with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 266B then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:music_notes: On the web
HTML ♫
Unicode U+266B
JavaScript '\u{266B}'
CSS "\266B"
Python '\u266B'
URL %E2%99%AB
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