Musical Symbol Half Note Symbol

There is no legacy Windows Alt code for Musical Symbol Half Note because it is not in either the OEM code page 437 or Windows-1252 tables. The Unicode codepoint is U+1D15E, which you can use as 𝅗𝅥 in HTML, \01D15E in CSS, but the Alt+decimal method does not work because the codepoint is above the Basic Multilingual Plane. If your keyboard has no numeric keypad, use the Character Viewer, the HTML entity, or copy the character directly. Copy the Musical Symbol Half Note character from this page when you need it in a form, chat message or document that does not accept Alt codes. Musical Symbol Half Note has no named HTML entity, so use the numeric escape 𝅗𝅥 or the hex escape 𝅗𝅥.

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Not available for this symbol: legacy Windows Alt code, Alt + decimal (BMP limit), macOS Option shortcut, named HTML entity.

How to type musical symbol half note on Windows

Musical Symbol Half Note cannot be typed with a legacy Alt code or Alt + decimal because its codepoint is above U+FFFF.
Use the Character Viewer, an HTML entity, or copy the character directly.

If your keyboard has no numeric keypad, see how to type symbols without a numpad.

How to type musical symbol half note on macOS

There is no direct Option shortcut for Musical Symbol Half Note. Open the Character Viewer with ⌃⌘Space, search for "Musical Symbol Half Note" and click the character to insert it.

How to use musical symbol half note in code

HTML: or
CSS: content:"\01D15E"; ()
Python: \U0001D15E or chr(0x1D15E)
JavaScript: \u{1D15E} or String.fromCodePoint(0x1D15E)
JSON: "\uD834\uDD5E" (surrogate pair)

Frequently asked questions

Is there an Alt code for 𝅗𝅥?

No legacy Alt code exists for Musical Symbol Half Note because it is not in code page 437 or Windows-1252. Use the Unicode codepoint U+1D15E in HTML, CSS or the Character Viewer instead.

How do I type 𝅗𝅥 without a numpad?

Use the Windows Character Viewer (Win+.), the macOS Character Viewer (⌃⌘Space), an HTML entity such as 𝅗𝅥, or copy the character directly from this page.

What is the Unicode for Musical Symbol Half Note?

The Unicode codepoint for Musical Symbol Half Note is U+1D15E. You can use this value in HTML as 𝅗𝅥, in CSS as \01D15E, and in Word with Alt+X.

How do I type 𝅗𝅥 on a Mac?

Open the Character Viewer with ⌃⌘Space and search for the character name or U+1D15E, then click it.

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