U+1FA2E "🨮" Neutral Chess Turned Knight Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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Source: Noto Sans Symbols 2 Source: Browser Default

U+1FA2E "🨮" Neutral Chess Turned Knight is a specialized symbol introduced into the Unicode Standard as part of the Chess Symbols block, designed to represent a chess piece in a state of neutrality or ambiguity, specifically a knight that has been rotated 45 degrees from its standard orientation. This character supports textual representation and digital processing of chess diagrams and notations where the traditional black or white assignment is intentionally absent, such as in puzzles, variant games, or instructional materials that require a neutral piece. It is not commonly found in standard fonts but is included in symbol-rich typefaces like Segoe UI Symbol, allowing for precise, unambiguous communication in electronic documents and software related to chess study and analysis.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+1FA2E
Version Added
12.0
Name
Neutral Chess Turned Knight
Block
Chess Symbols
General Category
Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class
Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class
Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
🨮
HTML Hex Encoding
🨮
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9F 0xA8 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD83E 0xDE2E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001FA2E
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud83e\ude2e

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
Vertical Orientation
Upright
Grapheme Base
Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break
Other
Word Break
Other
Sentence Break
Other