Music Sharp Sign

A symbol from the Music Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

Symbol: ♯
Unicode: U+266F
HTML entity: ♯
Category: Music Symbols

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7 of 42 in the music symbols collection

About the music sharp sign symbol

Known as the Music Sharp Sign, this symbol represents a pitch that is one semitone higher than the natural note. It is typically pronounced as "sharp" when reading musical notation or chord names aloud. While categorised technically as a mathematical symbol within the Miscellaneous Symbols block, its visual form is distinct from the common hashtag or number sign due to its slanted horizontal strokes and vertical uprights.

Usage of this character is most frequent in music theory and sheet music composition. It is commonly seen in key signatures to indicate specific scales, such as C-sharp major, and within chord charts for guitar or piano. Beyond traditional scoring, it appears in digital social posts to denote harmonic key changes or as a shorthand for specific musical genres. It also serves a functional role in naming programming languages like C#, though a standard hash is sometimes substituted in plain text environments.

How to type Music Sharp Sign

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options

In Word / Outlook: type 266F then press Alt + X.
Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.

macOS

2 options

Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 266F.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.