Unicode Character "♗" (U+2657)

The character ♗ (White Chess Bishop) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2657. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ♗.

Main Unicode Properties

Name White Chess Bishop
Unicode Codepoint U+2657
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
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+2657 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ♗
HTML (hex) ♗
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%99%97
CSS \002657
JavaScript, JSON \u2657
C, C++, Java \u2657
Python \u2657
Rust \u{2657}
Ruby \u2657

How to type "♗"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 6 5 7. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 6 5 7. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x99 0x97
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2657
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002657

References