Music sharp sign

Meaning and uses

The sharp sign raises a note by a semitone, as in C♯ or F♯ minor. It is the correct character for music; the hash sign # is only a stand-in.

Unicode details

♯ is the Unicode character named MUSIC SHARP SIGN, code point U+266F, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a maths symbol (general category Sm).

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

Tap a code to copy it:

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 266F 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 “music sharp sign”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 266f, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ♯ or ♯. In a CSS content property, use "\266F".