Unicode Character "♚" (U+265A)

The character ♚ (BLACK CHESS KING) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+265A. 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 BLACK CHESS KING
Unicode Codepoint U+265A
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+265A Conversion

HTML (decimal) ♚
HTML (hex) ♚
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%99%9A
CSS \265A
JavaScript \u{265A}
JSON \u265A
C, C++ \U0000265A
Java \u265A
Python \U0000265A
Rust \u{265A}
Ruby \u{265A}

How to type "♚"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x99 0x9A
UTF-16 (hex) 0x265A
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000265A

References