Unicode Character "☗" (U+2617)

The character ☗ (Black Shogi Piece) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2617. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.2 (March, 2002). It is HTML encoded as ☗.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Black Shogi Piece
Unicode Codepoint U+2617
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Miscellaneous Symbols
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2617 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ☗
HTML (hex) ☗
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%98%97
CSS \002617
JavaScript, JSON \u2617
C, C++, Java \u2617
Python \u2617
Rust \u{2617}
Ruby \u2617

How to type "☗"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 6 1 7. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 6 1 7. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ☗
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ☗
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ☗
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x98 0x97
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2617
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002617

References