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Music Natural Sign

MusicU+266E

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MUSIC NATURAL SIGN

Quick reference

Unicode 17.0.0
Character codes for Music Natural Sign
Character
UnicodeU+266E
Decimal9838
HTML entity♮
HTML decimal♮
HTML hex♮
UTF-8 bytesE2 99 AE
A LITTLE CONTEXT

About music natural sign

Music Natural Sign is the character ♮, encoded as U+266E. Use its exact code point to distinguish it from similar-looking characters when copying into a document or writing HTML.

How to type

Source-checked methods

Microsoft Word

Windows desktop

Unicode conversion in Word for Windows

266EthenAlt+X

Type 266E, select those hexadecimal digits, then press Alt + X to insert ♮.

Applies to Word for Windows. Use a font that contains the character. This is Unicode conversion, not a Windows Alt code.

Source documentation

macOS

Character Viewer

Character Viewer

Choose Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search for “music natural sign” or its code 266E, then select the character to insert it.

Expand Character Viewer if needed. Available characters depend on font support.

Apple documentation

Microsoft Excel

Formula

=UNICHAR(9838)

Enter =UNICHAR(9838) in a cell to return ♮.

Excel 2013 or later. The English function name is shown; localized Excel may use another name. Paste values if you need text without a formula.

Source documentation

Google Docs

Desktop picker

Insert → Special characters

On a computer, choose Insert → Special characters and search for U+266E or music natural sign. Select the matching symbol.

Google Docs and Slides on desktop. If the picker does not offer the symbol, copy it here and paste it into your document.

Source documentation

Linux

GNOME / GTK

Ctrl + Shift + U, 266E, Enter

In a compatible GNOME/GTK text field, press Ctrl + Shift + U, release the keys, type 266E, then press Enter.

Applies to GNOME/GTK Unicode entry, not every Linux application. Use copy and paste when the app intercepts this shortcut.

Source documentation

For iPhone and Android, you can copy the character above and paste it into an app that supports it.

Using it in HTML

Insert ♮ in HTML text, or paste directly in a UTF-8 document. If a box appears instead of the character, choose a font with support for U+266E.

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