U+266E "♮" Music Natural Sign Unicode Character

U+266E "♮" Music Natural Sign is a typographic symbol used in musical notation to cancel a previous sharp or flat, instructing the performer to play the note at its natural pitch. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block and has been part of the Unicode standard since version 1.1. The symbol features a distinct square shape with slightly extended vertical and horizontal strokes, designed to visually replace the accidental symbol it nullifies. In digital contexts, it is commonly employed in written music, educational materials, and text discussions about pitch alteration, though it may appear less frequently than its sharp or flat counterparts in standard text.