U+266B "♫" Beamed Eighth Notes Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+266B "♫" Beamed Eighth Notes is a typographic symbol representing two eighth notes connected by a single horizontal beam, commonly used in musical notation to indicate a pair of notes played in quick succession within a beat. In digital communication, it has become a popular emoticon for music, singing, or a cheerful, rhythmic mood, often appearing in text messages, social media posts, and song lyrics to convey happiness, a musical atmosphere, or the act of listening to tunes.
General Properties
Code Point
U+266B
Name
Beamed Eighth Notes
Unicode 1.0 Name
Barred Eighth Notes
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
♫
HTML Hex Encoding
♫
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x99 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding
0x266B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000266B
C/C++/Java Escape
\u266b
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common