๐ฝ
Quarter Rest
- Unicode
- U+1D13D
- Category
- Musical
- HTML Entity
- 𝄽
- CSS
- \1D13D
The ๐ฝ symbol represents a quarter rest (or crotchet rest) in standard musical notation, indicating a period of silence equal to one beat in common time. Added to the Musical Symbols Unicode block, it is frequently used in digital sheet music software, music theory discussions, and typographic score representations. Musicians and educators rely on this character online to visually demonstrate rhythm and timing.
How to Type
- Windows
- Win + . then search "musical" or type 1D13D followed by Alt + X in Word
- macOS
- Control + Command + Space then search "Quarter Rest"
- Linux
- Ctrl + Shift + U then type 1d13d and press Enter
- HTML
- 𝄽
In Programming
In programming, the quarter rest symbol is frequently utilized within web-based music rendering libraries like VexFlow to dynamically generate sheet music on standard canvas or SVG. It also appears in applications that parse MusicXML or rely on the Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL) for accurate notation rendering.
Tags
beat rest
crotchet rest
music
music rest symbol
music theory
notation
one beat silence
pause
quarter
quarter note rest
rest
rhythm notation
sheet music rest
silence