Unicode Character "♦" (U+2666)

The character ♦ (Black Diamond Suit) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2666. 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 Diamond Suit
Unicode Codepoint U+2666
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+2666 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ♦
HTML (hex) ♦
HTML (named) ♦
URL Escape Code %E2%99%A6
CSS \002666
JavaScript, JSON \u2666
C, C++, Java \u2666
Python \u2666
Rust \u{2666}
Ruby \u2666

How to type "♦"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x99 0xA6
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2666
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002666

References