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Diamond suit
U+2666 · Miscellaneous Symbols
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Meaning and uses
The solid diamond from a deck of cards. Besides card games, it works as a neat bullet point and a decoration in names.
Unicode details
♦ is the Unicode character named BLACK DIAMOND SUIT, code point U+2666, 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 can also appear as an emoji, listed under the name “diamond suit”. Plain text is its default, but some apps draw it in colour anyway. Adding the invisible variation selector U+FE0F after it asks for the emoji style, and U+FE0E asks for plain text.
| Unicode name | BLACK DIAMOND SUIT |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2666 |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| Added | Unicode 1.1 (1993) |
| Emoji name | diamond suit |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 99 A6 |
| UTF-16 | 2666 |
| HTML | ♦ or ♦ |
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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.
- On a phone, it is on the emoji keyboard: search for “diamond suit”. On Windows, press the Windows key and the full stop (Win+.) to open the emoji panel and search there.
- On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “diamond suit”.
- On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2666, then Space or Enter.
- In HTML, use
♦or♦. In a CSScontentproperty, use"\2666".