♝

Black Chess Bishop

Unicode
U+265D
Symbol Sets
Crowns and Chess Pieces
HTML Entity
♝
CSS
\265D
The ♝ symbol represents the black bishop piece in the classic game of chess, distinguished by its mitre-shaped head with a stylized cleft. It was added to the Unicode standard to facilitate digital chess notation, game state diagrams, and online puzzles. Outside of active gameplay, you might see it used metaphorically in digital conversations to denote strategy, religious figures, or making a calculated, diagonal move in life or business.

How to Type

Windows
In Word: type 265D, then press Alt + X. Other apps have no standard Windows shortcut for it — copy it from this page
macOS
Control+Command+Space then search "chess"
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+U 265D space
HTML
♝ or ♝

In Programming

Commonly used in digital chess engines, command-line user interfaces, and text-based board state renderings to visually represent the piece, often alongside Portable Game Notation (PGN) data.

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Tags

bishop bishop piece bishop unicode black black bishop board game chess chess bishop chess diagram chess notation chess piece text chess symbol diagonal diagonal move mitre piece religious symbol strategy symbol

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