U+26C0 "⛀" White Draughts Man Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⛀
U+26C0 "⛀" White Draughts Man is a symbolic representation of a single game piece used in the board game of draughts, also known as checkers. Part of the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block, this character depicts a hollow, circular token typically colored white or light, which moves diagonally forward on a standard 8x8 board. As one of the key pieces in the game, it helps distinguish between the two opposing players, with its counterpart being the Black Draughts Man. The inclusion of this symbol in the Unicode standard allows for its use in digital communications, enabling players and enthusiasts to represent game states or discuss strategies in text without relying on images.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26C0 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | White Draughts Man |
| 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 0x9B 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26C0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026C0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26c0 |
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 |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |