♞

Black Chess Knight

Unicode
U+265E
Symbol Sets
Crowns and Chess Pieces
HTML Entity
♞
CSS
\265E
The ♞ symbol represents the black knight piece in a standard game of chess, instantly recognizable by its iconic horse-head shape. Added to Unicode to support digital chess notation, it is primarily used to display text-based chess boards, discuss game strategies, and document historic matches. Beyond its literal meaning, you might see it used metaphorically online to represent tactical thinking, unexpected moves, or a "dark horse".

How to Type

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

In Programming

In software development, this character is frequently used within digital chess engines, terminal-based games, and Portable Game Notation (PGN) parsers to graphically represent the black knight.

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Tags

L-shaped move black black knight board game chess chess diagram chess knight chess notation chess unicode dark horse horse horse chess piece horse symbol knight knight symbol piece tactical thinking unexpected move

Related Symbols

♔ 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 Pawn ☖ White Shogi Piece