U+1FA55 "🩕" White Chess Alfil Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1FA55 "🩕" White Chess Alfil is a symbol from the chess symbols block, representing the white alfil, a piece that originated in medieval chess variants like Shatranj. Unlike the modern bishop, the alfil moves exactly two squares diagonally, leaping over any intervening piece, which makes it a relatively weak piece due to its limited range and color-bound nature. This character is part of a set designed to support historical and variant chess notation, appearing as a stylized, often triangular or elephant-like icon when rendered.

General Properties

Code Point U+1FA55
Version Added 17.0
Name White Chess Alfil
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 0xA9 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83E 0xDE55
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001FA55
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83e\ude55

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