♬
Beamed Sixteenth Notes
- Unicode
- U+266C
- Category
- Musical
- HTML Entity
- ♬
- CSS
- \266C
The ♬ symbol represents two sixteenth notes, also known as semiquavers, joined together by a double musical beam. Originally added to the Unicode Miscellaneous Symbols block in 1993, it frequently appears in text to indicate singing, background music, or a fast-paced rhythm. Social media users often place it next to song lyrics or use it to show they are listening to a catchy tune.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9836 or Win+. then search "music"
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "beamed sixteenth notes"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+u then 266c
- HTML
- ♬
In Programming
While it lacks a mathematical or functional role in code, developers frequently use this symbol in string literals for music player UIs, audio-related application logs, or text-based games.
Tags
beamed
double beamed notes
double flag note
fast rhythm
melody
music
music notation
notes
semiquaver
sixteenth
sixteenth note symbol
song lyrics
unicode music