• marks the start of a song part in Japanese ⁓ 303D FE0E text style ⁓ 303D FE0F emoji style
A Japanese typographic symbol (mark) is used to show the start of a singer's part in a song. A convenient cue when attempting to sing an unfamiliar song in a Japanese Karaoke bar. An ioriten. This emoji is also frequently used as the letter "M" in the Greek alphabet.
Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
Emoji General Information
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:part_alternation_mark:
Keywords
Sing, Song, Vocal, Music, Karaoke, Cue, Letter, M, Japanese
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
CJK Symbols and Punctuation
Unicode Range
3000–303F
Unicode Subcategory
Other CJK Punctuation
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Music Symbols
Names & Annotations
PART ALTERNATION MARK Temporary Notes: Unified with U+303D. Part of JIS X 0213 set. indicator for the 1st vocal part of a song
