| Chess Symbols | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+1FA00..U+1FA6F (112 code points) |
| Plane | SMP |
| Scripts | Common |
| Symbol sets | Chess symbols Xiangqi symbols |
| Assigned | 98 code points |
| Unused | 14 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 11.0 (2018) | 14 (+14) |
| 12.0 (2019) | 98 (+84) |
| Unicode documentation | |
| Code chart ∣ Web page | |
| Note: [1] [2] | |
Chess Symbols is a Unicode block containing characters for fairy chess and related notations beyond the basic Western chess symbols in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, as well as symbols representing game pieces for xiangqi (Chinese chess). [3]
| Chess Symbols [1] [2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+1FA0x | 🨀 | 🨁 | 🨂 | 🨃 | 🨄 | 🨅 | 🨆 | 🨇 | 🨈 | 🨉 | 🨊 | 🨋 | 🨌 | 🨍 | 🨎 | 🨏 |
| U+1FA1x | 🨐 | 🨑 | 🨒 | 🨓 | 🨔 | 🨕 | 🨖 | 🨗 | 🨘 | 🨙 | 🨚 | 🨛 | 🨜 | 🨝 | 🨞 | 🨟 |
| U+1FA2x | 🨠 | 🨡 | 🨢 | 🨣 | 🨤 | 🨥 | 🨦 | 🨧 | 🨨 | 🨩 | 🨪 | 🨫 | 🨬 | 🨭 | 🨮 | 🨯 |
| U+1FA3x | 🨰 | 🨱 | 🨲 | 🨳 | 🨴 | 🨵 | 🨶 | 🨷 | 🨸 | 🨹 | 🨺 | 🨻 | 🨼 | 🨽 | 🨾 | 🨿 |
| U+1FA4x | 🩀 | 🩁 | 🩂 | 🩃 | 🩄 | 🩅 | 🩆 | 🩇 | 🩈 | 🩉 | 🩊 | 🩋 | 🩌 | 🩍 | 🩎 | 🩏 |
| U+1FA5x | 🩐 | 🩑 | 🩒 | 🩓 | ||||||||||||
| U+1FA6x | 🩠 | 🩡 | 🩢 | 🩣 | 🩤 | 🩥 | 🩦 | 🩧 | 🩨 | 🩩 | 🩪 | 🩫 | 🩬 | 🩭 | ||
| Notes | ||||||||||||||||
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Chess Symbols block:
| Version | Final code points [lower-alpha 1] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.0 | U+1FA60..1FA6D | 14 | L2/10-368 | N3910 | Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbol in the SMP, 2010-09-16 |
| L2/10-463 | N3966 | Re: Proposal for encoding Chinese chess symbols, 2010-11-05 | |||
| L2/10-416R | Moore, Lisa (2010-11-09), "C.15", UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes | ||||
| N3992 | R.O. Korea's Comments on "Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbol in the SMP (WG2 N3910)", 2011-03-03 | ||||
| N3903 (pdf, doc) | "M57.28 (Chinese Chess symbols)", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31 | ||||
| N4103 | "11.8 Comments on N3910 "Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbols"", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03 | ||||
| L2/16-255 | N4748 | West, Andrew (2016-09-12), Proposal to encode Xiangqi game symbols | |||
| L2/16-270 | N4766 | Everson, Michael (2016-09-28), Recommendations for encoding Xiàngqí game symbols | |||
| N4873R (pdf, doc) | "10.3.10", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65, 2018-03-16 | ||||
| L2/16-325 | Moore, Lisa (2016-11-18), "Consensus 149-C8", UTC #149 Minutes | ||||
| L2/17-161 | N4794 | Suignard, Michel (2017-05-08), "China T3, UK T7. Sub-clause 33", Draft disposition of comments on PDAM1.2 to ISO/IEC 10646 5th edition | |||
| L2/17-103 | Moore, Lisa (2017-05-18), "E.2.3 Xiangqi game symbols", UTC #151 Minutes | ||||
| N4953 (pdf, doc) | "M66.03d", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23 | ||||
| L2/17-353 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "D. Chess Symbols", WG2 Consent Docket | ||||
| L2/17-362 | Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C5", UTC #153 Minutes | ||||
| 12.0 | U+1FA00..1FA53 | 84 | L2/16-293 | Wallace, Garth (2016-10-26), Proposal to Encode Heterodox Chess Symbols | |
| L2/16-342 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-11-07), "13. Chess", Recommendations to UTC #149 November 2016 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/17-034R4 | N4784R | Wallace, Garth; Everson, Michael (2017-03-28), Revised Proposal to Encode Heterodox Chess Symbols in the UCS | |||
| L2/17-153 | Anderson, Deborah (2017-05-17), "22. Chess symbols", Recommendations to UTC #151 May 2017 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/17-103 | Moore, Lisa (2017-05-18), "E.2.1", UTC #151 Minutes | ||||
| N4953 (pdf, doc) | "M66.07j", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23 | ||||
| L2/17-362 | Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C15", UTC #153 Minutes | ||||
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