U+1FA57 "" Black Chess Alfil Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1FA57 "" Black Chess Alfil is part of the Chess Symbols block, representing the black piece known as the alfil, an ancient chess piece that moves diagonally exactly two squares, allowing it to jump over intervening pieces, similar to a bishop with a limited leap. This symbol serves as a digital representation for use in chess notation, game interfaces, and typography, preserving the historical distinction of the alfil from the modern bishop.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1FA57 |
| Version Added | 17.0 |
| Name | Black 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 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDE57 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001FA57 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\ude57 |
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 |