U+1FA61 "🩡" Xiangqi Red Mandarin Unicode Character

U+1FA61 "🩡" Xiangqi Red Mandarin is a specific symbol used in the game of Xiangqi, also known as Chinese chess, representing one of the red side's pieces, the Mandarin (or Advisor). This character belongs to the Symbols for Legacy Computing supplement and is part of a larger set of Xiangqi pieces encoded in Unicode to support digital representation of the game. The Red Mandarin moves diagonally within the palace, a confined area of the board, and serves as a key defensive piece that helps protect the general. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for accurate digital text rendering and gameplay documentation without relying on images or custom fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1FA61
Version Added	11.0
Name	Xiangqi Red Mandarin
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 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDE61
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001FA61
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\ude61

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	Ideographic
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