Game Symbols | HTML Entity & Character Reference

Entities Game Symbols

Unicode provides symbols for playing cards, chess pieces, dice, checkers, and other games that can be displayed directly in HTML.

Many common game symbols can be represented with named HTML character references, decimal references, or hexadecimal references. They can also be entered directly in a UTF-8 HTML document.

Playing Card Suits

Playing card suit symbols represent spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. Unicode includes both outlined and filled forms of the four traditional suits.

Character	Named	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Description
♠	`&spades;`	`♠`	`♠`	Black spade suit
♡	—	`♡`	`♡`	White heart suit
♢	—	`♢`	`♢`	White diamond suit
♣	`&clubs;`	`♣`	`♣`	Black club suit
♤	—	`♤`	`♤`	White spade suit
♥	`&hearts;`	`♥`	`♥`	Black heart suit
♦	`&diams;`	`♦`	`♦`	Black diamond suit
♧	—	`♧`	`♧`	White club suit

Chess Symbols

Unicode includes the traditional white and black chess pieces for kings, queens, rooks, bishops, knights, and pawns.

Character	Named	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Description
♔	—	`♔`	`♔`	White chess king
♕	—	`♕`	`♕`	White chess queen
♖	—	`♖`	`♖`	White chess rook
♗	—	`♗`	`♗`	White chess bishop
♘	—	`♘`	`♘`	White chess knight
♙	—	`♙`	`♙`	White chess pawn
♚	—	`♚`	`♚`	Black chess king
♛	—	`♛`	`♛`	Black chess queen
♜	—	`♜`	`♜`	Black chess rook
♝	—	`♝`	`♝`	Black chess bishop
♞	—	`♞`	`♞`	Black chess knight
♟	—	`♟`	`♟`	Black chess pawn

Dice Symbols

Die face characters represent the six possible values of a standard six-sided die and can be used in game instructions, examples, and other symbolic displays.

Character	Named	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Description
⚀	—	`⚀`	`⚀`	Die face one
⚁	—	`⚁`	`⚁`	Die face two
⚂	—	`⚂`	`⚂`	Die face three
⚃	—	`⚃`	`⚃`	Die face four
⚄	—	`⚄`	`⚄`	Die face five
⚅	—	`⚅`	`⚅`	Die face six

Checker & Game Pieces

Unicode includes circular and square game-piece symbols that can represent checkers, counters, markers, or pieces on a game board.

Character	Named	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Description
⚆	—	`⚆`	`⚆`	White circle with dot right
⚇	—	`⚇`	`⚇`	White circle with two dots
⚈	—	`⚈`	`⚈`	Black circle with white dot right
⚉	—	`⚉`	`⚉`	Black circle with two white dots
○	`&cir;`	`○`	`○`	White circle
●	—	`●`	`●`	Black circle
□	`&square;`	`□`	`□`	White square
■	`&squarf;`	`■`	`■`	Black square

Additional Game Symbols

Additional Unicode characters can represent board-game positions, targets, and other game-related markings.

Character	Named	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Description
⚊	—	`⚊`	`⚊`	Monogram for yang
⚋	—	`⚋`	`⚋`	Monogram for yin
⛀	—	`⛀`	`⛀`	White draughts man
⛁	—	`⛁`	`⛁`	White draughts king
⛂	—	`⛂`	`⛂`	Black draughts man
⛃	—	`⛃`	`⛃`	Black draughts king
◎	—	`◎`	`◎`	Bullseye
◉	—	`◉`	`◉`	Fisheye

Using Game Symbols in HTML

Game symbols can be entered directly in UTF-8 HTML or written with named, decimal, or hexadecimal character references. Their appearance can vary slightly depending on the browser, operating system, and font.

<p>Card suits: &spades; &hearts; &diams; &clubs;</p>
<p>Chess: &#9812; &#9813; &#9814; &#9815; &#9816; &#9817;</p>
<p>Dice: &#9856; &#9857; &#9858; &#9859; &#9860; &#9861;</p>
<p>Checkers: &#9920; &#9921; &#9922; &#9923;</p>

Browser Result

Card suits: ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

Chess: ♔ ♕ ♖ ♗ ♘ ♙

Dice: ⚀ ⚁ ⚂ ⚃ ⚄ ⚅

Checkers: ⛀ ⛁ ⛂ ⛃