See also: Appendix:Variations of the number sign

U+266F, ♯
MUSIC SHARP SIGN

[U+266E]
Miscellaneous Symbols
[U+2670]

Translingual

Glyph origin

Originally a lowercase b written with a square loop (the so called "square B" or "B quadratum") to distinguish from a lowercase b written with a round loop ("round B" or "B rotundum"), when the only notes used in (Western) music were what are now considered C, D, E, F, G, A, B-flat and B. The round B was used for the former and the square B for the latter. The square B was then later generalized as the symbol for non-flat notes, variants of which diverged into the modern natural and sharp signs.

Symbol

  1. (music) A sharp (a note one semitone higher).

Usage notes

In general typography, the symbol is usually written as the number sign #.

Antonyms

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