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U+266B

Beamed Eighth Notes

Emoji 0.0 · 1993

About

Beamed Eighth Notes, a single Unicode character. Part of the Historic & Non-Standard group, symbol subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 0.0.

Platform renderings

1 platform shown using your device's own emoji font. Their artwork is proprietary and this site does not redistribute it.

Timeline

2013 — 2026
20132026

Showing 26 of 26 events through 2026

  1. 2013First render

    First appeared on Samsung

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  2. 2014Redesign

    Samsung Touchwiz 5.1

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  3. 2016Redesign

    Samsung Touchwiz 6.0

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  4. 2016Redesign

    Samsung Touchwiz 7.0

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  5. 2016Redesign

    Samsung Touchwiz 7.1

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  6. 2017Redesign

    Samsung Experience 8.0

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  7. 2017Redesign

    Samsung Experience 8.1

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  8. 2017Redesign

    Samsung Experience 8.5

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  9. 2018Redesign

    Samsung Experience 9.0

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  10. 2018Redesign

    Samsung Experience 9.1

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  11. 2018Redesign

    Samsung Experience 9.5

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  12. 2019Redesign

    Samsung One UI 1.0

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  13. 2019Redesign

    Samsung One UI 1.5

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  14. 2020Redesign

    Samsung One UI 2.0

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  15. 2020Redesign

    Samsung One UI 2.1

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  16. 2020Redesign

    Samsung One UI 2.5

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  17. 2021Redesign

    Samsung One UI 3.1.1

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  18. 2021Redesign

    Samsung One UI 4.0

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  19. 2022Redesign

    Samsung One UI 4.0 January 2022

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  20. 2022Redesign

    Samsung One UI 5.0

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  21. 2023Redesign

    Samsung One UI 6.0

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  22. 2024Redesign

    Samsung One UI 6.1

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  23. 2024Redesign

    Samsung One UI 6.1.1

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  24. 2025Redesign

    Samsung One UI 7.0

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  25. 2025Redesign

    Samsung One UI 7.0 April 2025

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  26. 2026Redesign

    Samsung One UI 8.5

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Encodings

UTF-8
E2 99 AB
UTF-8 escaped
\xE2\x99\xAB
UTF-16
266B
UTF-32
0000266B
HTML decimal
♫
HTML hex
♫
CSS
\00266B
JavaScript
\u{266B}
JS surrogateFor pre-ES2015 targets
\u266B
Python
\u266B
URL encoded
%E2%99%AB
Base64
4pmr

Related

Frequently asked questions

What does ♫ mean?
Beamed Eighth Notes, a single Unicode character. Part of the Historic & Non-Standard group, symbol subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 0.0.
What is the Unicode code point for ♫?
Beamed Eighth Notes is encoded as the single code point U+266B.
When was ♫ added to Unicode?
♫ was approved as part of Emoji 0.0 and released in 1993, under Unicode 1.1.
Why does ♫ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for the same code point, so ♫ changes depending on where you see it. This page compares 27 renderings, including Samsung and Generated.
What category is ♫ in?
♫ belongs to Unicode's Historic & Non-Standard group, in the symbol subgroup.