Musical Symbol Five-Line Staff

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

Music Symbols collection
Symbol
๐„š
Unicode
U+1D11A
HTML entity
𝄚

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About the musical symbol five-line staff symbol

Commonly referred to as the five-line staff or pentagram, the ๐„š character represents the standard horizontal framework for Western musical notation. This symbol originates from the Musical Symbols block and provides the necessary grid for placing notes, rests, and clefs to indicate pitch and time. While the character itself consists of five parallel lines, it is read as a foundational template rather than a specific phonetic sound or numerical value.

In modern digital contexts, the five-line staff is primarily used for music theory documentation, instructional materials, and digital typography. Composers and educators employ the symbol to illustrate blank measures or to format musical manuscripts within text-based documents. Beyond formal scoring, it occasionally appears in social media posts or niche gaming forums to signal a musical theme or to visually represent the concept of a melody before lyrics are introduced. This character remains a specialized tool for creators working within the script of musical grammar.

How to type Musical Symbol Five-Line Staff

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 1D11A 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 1D11A, then press Enter or Space.

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Part of the Musical Symbols block

๐„š musical symbol five-line staff lives inside the Musical Symbols Unicode block. Browse every indexed character in Musical Symbols โ†’

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