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Black chess queen
U+265B · Miscellaneous Symbols
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Meaning and uses
The black queen from chess. Its crown shape makes it one of the most used crown symbols in game names and bios, as in ♛ queen.
Unicode details
♛ is the Unicode character named BLACK CHESS QUEEN, code point U+265B, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).
It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.
| Unicode name | BLACK CHESS QUEEN |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+265B |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| Added | Unicode 1.1 (1993) |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 99 9B |
| UTF-16 | 265B |
| HTML | ♛ |
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How to type ♛
- On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
- In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 265B and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ♛.
- On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “black chess queen”.
- On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 265b, then Space or Enter.
- In HTML, use
♛. In a CSScontentproperty, use"\265B".