Chess Symbols

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Chess Symbols
RangeU+1FA00..U+1FA6F
(112 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Common
Symbol setsChess symbols
Xiangqi symbols
Assigned102 code points
Unused10 reserved code points
Unicode version history
11.0 (2018)14 (+14)
12.0 (2019)98 (+84)
17.0 (2025)102 (+4)
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 (U+2654 to U+265F) in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, as well as symbols representing game pieces for xiangqi (Chinese chess). [3]

Contents

Block

Chess Symbols [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1FA0x🨀🨁🨂🨃🨄🨅🨆🨇🨈🨉🨊🨋🨌🨍🨎🨏
U+1FA1x🨐🨑🨒🨓🨔🨕🨖🨗🨘🨙🨚🨛🨜🨝🨞🨟
U+1FA2x🨠🨡🨢🨣🨤🨥🨦🨧🨨🨩🨪🨫🨬🨭🨮🨯
U+1FA3x🨰🨱🨲🨳🨴🨵🨶🨷🨸🨹🨺🨻🨼🨽🨾🨿
U+1FA4x🩀🩁🩂🩃🩄🩅🩆🩇🩈🩉🩊🩋🩌🩍🩎🩏
U+1FA5x🩐🩑🩒🩓🩔🩕🩖🩗
U+1FA6x🩠🩡🩢🩣🩤🩥🩦🩧🩨🩩🩪🩫🩬🩭
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 17.0
2. ^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Chess Symbols block:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Chapter 22: Symbols". The Unicode Standard, Version 12.0 (PDF). Mountain View, CA: Unicode, Inc. March 2019. ISBN   978-1-936213-22-1.
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