U+2656 "♖" White Chess Rook Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2656 "♖" White Chess Rook is a typographic symbol representing the rook piece from the game of chess, typically depicted as a stylized castle or tower in solid white or outline form. Part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block of the Unicode standard, this character is used in digital text to denote the white rook in chess notation, game displays, or casual chat contexts. Its design varies across fonts but generally retains the classic crenellated tower shape, making it instantly recognizable to players and enthusiasts alike for representing the powerful, straight moving piece that commands the ranks and files of the chessboard.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2656 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | White Chess Rook |
| 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 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2656 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002656 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2656 |
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 |