U+265D "♝" Black Chess Bishop Unicode Character

U+265D "♝" Black Chess Bishop is a graphical symbol representing a chess piece specifically designed for the black player, depicted in a stylized, silhouetted form that typically shows a tall, rounded head with a small cleft or notch at the top, reminiscent of a bishop's mitre. Introduced in Unicode version 1.1 in 1993 as part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block, it is used primarily in digital contexts for chess notation, game interfaces, and text-based board representations, allowing clear visual distinction from its white counterpart U+2657. This character, like other chess symbols, relies on the chosen font and platform for its exact appearance, but it consistently serves as a standardized, cross-platform means of rendering the black bishop in electronic communication and software.

General Properties

Code Point	U+265D
Version Added	1.1
Name	Black Chess Bishop
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 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x265D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000265D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u265d

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