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Beamed sixteenth notes

U+266C · Miscellaneous Symbols

Meaning and uses

Two sixteenth notes joined by a double beam, a busier version of ♫ that suggests faster music.

Unicode details

♬ is the Unicode character named BEAMED SIXTEENTH NOTES, code point U+266C, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Unicode nameBEAMED SIXTEENTH NOTES
Code pointU+266C
BlockMiscellaneous Symbols
AddedUnicode 1.1 (1993)
UTF-8 bytesE2 99 AC
UTF-16266C
HTML♬

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How to type ♬

  • On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
  • In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 266C and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ♬.
  • On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “beamed sixteenth notes”.
  • On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 266c, then Space or Enter.
  • In HTML, use ♬. In a CSS content property, use "\266C".

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