Beamed Eighth Notes vs Eighth Note
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Property Comparison
| Property | ♫ 266B | ♪ 266A |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Beamed Eighth Notes | Eighth Note |
| Category | Music Symbols | Music Symbols |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 266B | 266A |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+266B | U+266A |
| HTML Decimal | ♫ | ♪ |
| HTML Hex | ♫ | ♪ |
| CSS | \266B | \266A |
| JavaScript | \u{266B} | \u{266A} |
| Python | \u266b | \u266a |
| UTF-8 | e2 99 ab | e2 99 aa |
How to Distinguish
Both Beamed Eighth Notes and Eighth Note belong to the Music Symbols category and the Miscellaneous Symbols block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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