U+265A "♚" Black Chess King Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
♚
U+265A "♚" Black Chess King is a visual symbol representing the king piece in the game of chess, specifically in black or dark coloring. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block and can be used in digital text to denote the king piece in chess notation, game analysis, or themed designs. Unlike the corresponding white king character (U+2654), this version is typically filled in solid black, making it distinct for clear differentiation on screens or in print when representing the darker side of the chessboard.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+265A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Black 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 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x265A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000265A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u265a |
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 |