U+2657 "♗" White Chess Bishop Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+2657 "♗" White Chess Bishop is a graphical symbol found in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, specifically designed to represent the chess piece of a white bishop in digital text and fonts. It is typically depicted as a tall, rounded figure resembling a mitre cap with a small cross or cleft at the top, symbolizing the bishop's religious or administrative origin in the traditional Staunton chess set. This character is part of a complementary set that includes its black counterpart at U+265D, allowing for straightforward use in electronic chess notation, software, or any plain text environment where a cursor-based or icon-driven representation of the game piece is needed.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2657
Name
White Chess Bishop
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
♗
HTML Hex Encoding
♗
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x99 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2657
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002657
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2657
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common