U+266F "♯" Music Sharp Sign Unicode Character

U+266F "♯" Music Sharp Sign is a typographic symbol used in musical notation to indicate that a note should be raised in pitch by one semitone, or half step. It is distinct from the similar-looking hash or number sign (#) in both its shape, featuring more vertical strokes and slanted crossbars, and its semantic role, as it is primarily employed in sheet music and music theory. This character is encoded in the Unicode Miscellaneous Symbols block and is represented in HTML as `♯` or `♯`, making it accessible for digital text, including online scores, tutorials, and educational materials. Its standardized presence in Unicode ensures that musicians and writers can accurately render musical sharps across various platforms and fonts without ambiguity.

General Properties

Code Point	U+266F
Version Added	1.1
Name	Music Sharp Sign
Unicode 1.0 Name	Sharp
Block	Miscellaneous Symbols
General Category	Math Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	♯
HTML Hex Encoding	♯
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x99 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0x266F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000266F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u266f

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic)
East Asian Width	Ambiguous
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Pattern Syntax	Yes
Math	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other