Music Symbols
Click any symbol to copy it. 9 characters, each labelled with its Unicode code point.
The common note symbols live in Miscellaneous Symbols, but the clefs come from the dedicated Musical Symbols block far above U+FFFF. That split is the single most useful thing to know about this collection. This collection holds 9 music symbols drawn from 2 Unicode blocks — mainly Miscellaneous Symbols and Other Unicode range. Code points run from U+2669 to U+1D122. 2 of them sit above U+FFFF, in the supplementary planes, so they are more likely to render as colour emoji on phones and may be rejected by older software that assumes every character fits in two bytes.
Notes and accidentals
♪ ♫ ♬ and the accidentals ♭ ♮ ♯ sit in Miscellaneous Symbols and are widely supported. They are decorative approximations rather than proper notation characters.
Clefs are supplementary-plane characters
𝄞 (U+1D11E) and 𝄢 (U+1D122) belong to the Musical Symbols block starting at U+1D100. They are more than twice as likely to render as a box, because far fewer fonts cover that range.
Not real notation
Unicode music characters cannot express rhythm, pitch or staff position. Actual notation uses purpose-built formats such as MusicXML. These characters are for labels and decoration.
Unicode blocks in this collection
| Unicode block | Characters | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous Symbols | 7 | 78% |
| Other Unicode range | 2 | 22% |
Sample characters and their code points
♪
♫
♬
♩
♭
♮
Frequently asked questions
Why does the treble clef show as a box?
𝄞 is in the Musical Symbols block above U+FFFF, which many system fonts do not cover. The eighth note ♪ is in a much older, much better-supported range and will almost always render.