Unicode Character "♙" (U+2659)

The character ♙ (White Chess Pawn) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2659. 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 Pawn
Unicode Codepoint U+2659
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+2659 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ♙
HTML (hex) ♙
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%99%99
CSS \002659
JavaScript, JSON \u2659
C, C++, Java \u2659
Python \u2659
Rust \u{2659}
Ruby \u2659

How to type "♙"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 6 5 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 6 5 9. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x99 0x99
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2659
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002659

References