Half-Diminished Chord Symbol ø

The slashed-circle glyph ø is commonly used in chord notation for a half-diminished seventh chord, often read as “minor seven flat five.”. For Half-Diminished Chord Symbol, ø is encoded as U+00F8, and its Unicode name is LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE. The slashed-circle glyph ø is commonly used in chord notation for a half-diminished seventh chord, often read as “minor seven flat five.” Common applications include Lead sheets, Jazz charts, Chord analysis, and music education. The character is formally LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE, so music fonts, house styles, and accessible labels should clarify the chord meaning. Compare it with °, m7♭5, and Ø before release, because a similar appearance does not guarantee the same meaning. In practical use, half-diminished chord symbol should be introduced with enough context to tell readers whether it represents lead sheets, jazz charts, chord analysis, or music education. Copy-and-paste cases for Half-Diminished Chord Symbol: Bø7; Cø; F♯ø7; iiø7–V7–i; Accessible reading: B half-diminished seven. Publishing rules specific to Half-Diminished Chord Symbol: In lead sheets, identify ø as Half-Diminished Chord Symbol and explain the exact role it performs before the reader relies on it. For jazz charts, retain the sequence U+00F8; do not silently replace ø with the related form °. When half-diminished chord symbol appears in chord analysis, apply this convention: Place the mark in staff-aware notation software for engraved scores. While preparing music education, compare ø with m7♭5 and Ø, then keep the version whose meaning matches the source. Quality review for Half-Diminished Chord Symbol should catch: Using ° where ø is required changes the intended half-diminished chord symbol or introduces a different notation. Dropping part of U+00F8 while copying half-diminished chord symbol into lead sheets. Applying the wrong convention to half-diminished chord symbol in jazz charts; specifically, treating a standalone glyph as a complete engraved score.. Leaving ø unexplained in chord analysis when the audience may read it as m7♭5. The boundary around Half-Diminished Chord Symbol includes: ° means Degree sign—Used for diminished chords in some notation; m7♭5 means Minor seven flat five—Textual chord spelling; Ø means Capital O with stroke—Uppercase lookalike. For Half-Diminished Chord Symbol, literal UTF-8 ø, decimal ø, hexadecimal ø, and CSS F8 all need to preserve U+00F8; verify the result at /symbols/half-diminished-chord/ in the target font. The character ø is LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE. Jazz and chord-chart typography sometimes reuses it as shorthand for a half-diminished chord, while other sources prefer the dedicated symbol ø7, m7♭5, or a different font treatment.