Unicode Character "♞" (U+265E)

The character (Black Chess Knight) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+265E. 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 Knight
Unicode Codepoint U+265E
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+265E Conversion

HTML (decimal) ♞
HTML (hex) ♞
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%99%9E
CSS \00265E
JavaScript, JSON \u265E
C, C++, Java \u265E
Python \u265E
Rust \u{265E}
Ruby \u265E

How to type "♞"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x99 0x9E
UTF-16 (hex) 0x265E
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000265E

References