U+1FA0F "🨏" Black Chess King Rotated Ninety Degrees Unicode Character

U+1FA0F "🨏" Black Chess King Rotated Ninety Degrees is a specialized typographic symbol within the Chess Symbols block, representing a rotated version of the standard black chess king used primarily for diagramming or annotation purposes in chess literature and software. Unlike the traditional black king, this character has been turned by a quarter turn, often employed in puzzles or rotated board representations to indicate a specific orientation or move sequence without altering the piece's fundamental identity. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent display across digital platforms, aiding in clear communication of chess positions that deviate from standard orientation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1FA0F
Version Added	12.0
Name	Black Chess King Rotated Ninety Degrees
Block	Chess Symbols
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🨏
HTML Hex Encoding	🨏
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0xA8 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDE0F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001FA0F
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\ude0f

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other