# 〽️ Part alternation mark emoji

〽️ Part alternation mark is an emoji in the other symbols set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.

- Emoji: 〽️
- Unicode name: part alternation mark
- Code points: U+303D U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Other symbols
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :part_alternation_mark:
- Keywords: alternation, mark, part
- Page: https://emojichart.com/part-alternation-mark-emoji

## What it means

A Japanese typographic mark used in song lyrics and scripts to show where a sung part begins. Outside that role it has no common meaning, so people use it mostly as a decorative symbol or to hint at music and karaoke.

## How to type 〽️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “part alternation mark”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “part alternation mark”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “part alternation mark”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “part alternation mark”.
- GitHub: Type :part_alternation_mark: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | marca de alternancia | alternancia, marca, marca de alternancia |
| Français (fr) | alternance | alternance, symbole |
| Deutsch (de) | Teilalternationszeichen | japanisch, Teilalternationszeichen, Zeichensetzung |
| Italiano (it) | simbolo di alternanza delle parti | canzone, divisione spartito, parti musicali, segno, simbolo di alternanza delle parti, suddivisione parti |
| Português (pt) | sinal japonês indicando início de música | canto, japonês, símbolo japonês de canto, sinal japonês indicando início de música |
| Nederlands (nl) | rolwisselingsmarkering | markering, rolwisseling, rolwisselingsmarkering, teken |
| Svenska (sv) | japansk kommatering | japansk, kommatering |
| Polski (pl) | początek partii wokalnej | m, początek partii wokalnej, znak, zygzak |
| Türkçe (tr) | parça değiştirme işareti | bölüm değiştirme işareti, işaret, parça, parça değiştirme işareti |
| Русский (ru) | вступает другой голос | вступает другой голос, голос, другой голос, знак, певцы, япония |
| Українська (uk) | японський знак початку частини пісні | значок, частина, японський знак початку частини пісні |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σύμβολο εναλλαγής μέρους | σημάδι, σύμβολο εναλλαγής μέρους, τμήμα |
| العربية (ar) | بديل | بديل, جزء, رمز, علامة |
| עברית (he) | סמל יפני מתחום המוזיקה | מוזיקה, סימון, סמל יפני מתחום המוזיקה, תחילת שיר |
| فارسی (fa) | علامت تناوب بخش | بخش, علامت, علامت تناوب بخش |
| हिन्दी (hi) | भाग परिवर्तन चिह्न | एक भाग, चिह्न, निशान, भाग परिवर्तन चिह्न |
| বাংলা (bn) | অংশ পরিবর্তনের চিহ্ন | অংশ, অংশ পরিবর্তনের চিহ্ন, চিহ্ন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tanda alternasi bagian | bagian, tanda, tanda alternasi bagian |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ký hiệu thay đổi luân phiên | ký hiệu, ký hiệu thay đổi luân phiên, thay đổi luân phiên |
| ไทย (th) | เครื่องหมายเปลี่ยนท่อน | เครื่องหมาย, เครื่องหมายเปลี่ยนท่อน, ท่อน |
| 日本語 (ja) | いおりてん | いおりてん, 庵点, 歌記号, 約物, 記号 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 부분 교체 기호 | 기호, 부분, 부분 교체 기호 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 庵点 | 庵点, 开始歌唱, 歌记号, 符号 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 歌唱 | 歌唱, 歌記號 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): stembeginteken
- Akan (ak): ɔfa nsesaeɛ ahyɛnsodeɛ
- Albanian (sq): shenja e ndryshimit të pjesës
- Amharic (am): የክፍል መቀየሪያ ምልክት
- Armenian (hy): իորիտեն
- Assamese (as): গায়কে গাবলগীয়া গীতৰ কলি সলনিৰ চিন
- Azerbaijani (az): hissələri bir-birindən ayırmaq işarəsi
- Bashkir (ba): өлөш алмашыу билдәһе
- Basque (eu): txanda-markatzailea
- Belarusian (be): знак змены партыі
- Bosnian (bs): oznaka djelimične alteracije
- Breton (br): pebeilad
- Bulgarian (bg): знак за смяна на ролята
- Burmese (my): ပစ္စည်း လဲထားသည့် အမှတ်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): marque d’alternance
- Cantonese (yue): 歌記號
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 歌记号
- Catalan (ca): signe d’alternança
- Cherokee (chr): ᎢᎦᏛ ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗ ᎤᏙᏪᎸ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 歌謠開始記號
- Chuvash (cv): урӑх сасӑ кӗрет
- Croatian (hr): oznaka djelomične alternacije
- Czech (cs): značka přechodu mezi částmi skladby
- Danish (da): japansk kommatering
- Estonian (et): osa vaheldumise märk
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): marca de alternância parcial
- Faroese (fo): umskiftistekn
- Filipino (fil): part alternation mark
- Finnish (fi): osanvaihtomerkki
- Galician (gl): signo de alternancia
- Georgian (ka): ჯერის ცვლის ნიშანი
- Gujarati (gu): જાપાની ચિહ્ન
- Hausa (ha): alamar maimaitawar kashi
- Hungarian (hu): részelválasztó
- Icelandic (is): japanskt upphafsmerki söngs
- Igbo (ig): akụkụ akara ọzọ
- Irish (ga): cuid de mharc ailtéarnaithe
- Javanese (jv): tandha rikala sindhen wiwit nyanyi
- Kalaallisut (kl): japansk kommatering
- Kannada (kn): ಭಾಗ ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ಗುರುತು
- Kazakh (kk): бөліктің өзгеру белгісі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بولىكتىڭ وزگەرۋ بەلگىسى
- Khmer (km): សញ្ញាដូចអក្សរ M ធំប្រើសម្គាល់ផ្នែកចាប់ផ្តើមច្រៀងក្នុងភាសាជប៉ុន
- Kinyarwanda (rw): akarango k’igice cy’ihinduranya
- Konkani (kok): भाग बदलपाचें चिन्न
- Kyrgyz (ky): өзгөртүү белгиси
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): k’exb’alil rech utz’aqatil etal
- Lao (lo): ເຄື່ອງໝາຍປ່ຽນສ່ວນ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): alternancia
- Latvian (lv): partijas sākuma zīme
- Lithuanian (lt): dalių apkeitimo ženklas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): japański symbol za zachopjeńk spiwa
- Luxembourgish (lb): Deelzeechen
- Macedonian (mk): почеток на пеење
- Malay (ms): tanda penyelingan bahagian
- Malayalam (ml): പാർട്ട് ആൾട്ടർനേഷൻ മാർക്ക്
- Maltese (mt): marka ta’ alternanza ta’ parti
- Marathi (mr): पार्ट अल्टरनेशन चिन्ह
- Mongolian (mn): хэсэг нь ээлжилсэн тэмдэг
- Māori (mi): tohu wāhi whirihoa
- Nepali (ne): भाग प्रत्यावर्तन चिन्ह
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pát Ọltanéshọn Mak
- Northern Sotho (nso): leswao la karolo la go fetola
- Norwegian (no): merke for nytt parti
- Odia (or): ଅଂଶ ବିକଳ୍ପ ଚିହ୍ନ
- Oromo (om): mallattoo wal jijjiirraa kutaa
- Pashto (ps): د برخې بدلولو نښه
- Punjabi (pa): ਭਾਗ ਅਦਲਾ-ਬਦਲੀ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): حصّے دی ادلی بدلی دا نشان
- Quechua (qu): alternancia patma unancha
- Romanian (ro): alternare cântăreț
- Romansh (rm): simbol dad alternanza da las parts
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): comharra airson atharrachadh phàirtean
- Serbian (sr): знак за раздвајање делова
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): знак за раздвајање дијелова
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): znak za razdvajanje delova
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): znak za razdvajanje dijelova
- Shan (shn): မၢႆလႅၵ်ႈလၢႆႈဝႆႉၶူဝ်းၶွင်
- Sindhi (sd): حصو ڦير جو نشان
- Sinhala (si): කොටසක් වෙනස් කිරීමේ ලකුණ
- Slovak (sk): znak začiatku partu
- Slovenian (sl): znak za part
- Somali (so): qaybta calaamadda talantaalliga ah
- Swahili (sw): alama ya mbadala ya sehemu
- Tajik (tg): аломати тағйирёбии қисм
- Tamil (ta): பகுதியளவு மாறும் சின்னம்
- Telugu (te): పాక్షిక సవరణ గుర్తు
- Tigrinya (ti): ኣማራጺ ምልክት ክፋል
- Tongan (to): liliu faʻahi
- Tswana (tn): letshwao la phetolo la karolo
- Turkmen (tk): bölek çalşyk belgisi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): japanski symbol za spočatk spěwa
- Urdu (ur): باری کی تبدیلی کا نشان
- Uyghur (ug): قىسمەن ئۆزگەرتىش بەلگىسى
- Uzbek (uz): ovoz almashinuvi belgisi
- Welsh (cy): marc aryneilio rhannol
- Wolof (wo): màndarga beneen wàll
- Xhosa (xh): uphawu lwenguqulelo oluyinxalenye
- Yoruba (yo): ara máàkì ti a ti tọwó̩bọ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ara máàkì ti a ti tɔwó̩bɔ̀
- Zulu (zu): upahwu lokulungisa ingxenye

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+303D U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `〽️` |
| CSS | `\303D\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{303D}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u303D\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E3 80 BD EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `303D FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E3%80%BD%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 〽️ part alternation mark emoji mean?

A Japanese typographic mark used in song lyrics and scripts to show where a sung part begins. Outside that role it has no common meaning, so people use it mostly as a decorative symbol or to hint at music and karaoke.

### How do I type the 〽️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “part alternation mark”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :part_alternation_mark:.

### When was the 〽️ emoji added?

〽️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 〽️?

U+303D U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 〽️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{303D}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/part-alternation-mark-emoji