U+2654 "♔" White Chess King Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2654 "♔" White Chess King is a typographic symbol representing the king piece from the game of chess, specifically in its white color variant. Part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block, this character is used in digital text to denote the chess king in diagrams, game notation, or decorative contexts, and it is not intended for actual gameplay but rather for visual representation in documents and online platforms. Its design typically mimics a traditional chess king piece, often featuring a cross on top, and it is available in most standard fonts that support Unicode.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2654 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | White Chess King |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ♔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ♔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x99 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2654 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002654 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2654 |
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 |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |