Musical Symbol Fermata Below

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

Music Symbols collection
Symbol
๐„‘
Unicode
U+1D111
HTML entity
𝄑

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About the musical symbol fermata below symbol

Represented by a downward-facing semicircle with a dot inside, this character is known as the Musical Symbol Fermata Below. In musical notation, it is commonly referred to as a hold or a birdโ€™s eye, indicating that a note, chord, or rest should be sustained longer than its written duration. This specific inverted version is placed underneath the musical staff rather than above it, typically used when multiple independent voices or parts are sharing the same system of lines and require distinct instructions.

Practical applications for this symbol are almost exclusively limited to professional music engraving and digital composition software. It appears in orchestral scores to mark the end of a movement, in choral arrangements to signal a prolonged pause for specific vocal sections, and in instructional materials for music theory. Outside of formal sheet music and specialized educational typography, this character has no widespread modern use in standard text or social media.

How to type Musical Symbol Fermata Below

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

Windows

2 options
  1. Press Win + . (period) to open the emoji & symbol picker.
  2. Or in Word: type 1D111 then Alt + X for the first codepoint.

Multi-codepoint sequence โ€” emoji picker is the reliable option.

macOS

2 options
  1. Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer.
  2. Search by name or paste the symbol โ€” easiest path for multi-codepoint sequences.

Linux

1 step
  1. Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 1D111, then press Enter or Space.

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Part of the Musical Symbols block

๐„‘ musical symbol fermata below lives inside the Musical Symbols Unicode block. Browse every indexed character in Musical Symbols โ†’

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