♟

Black Chess Pawn

Unicode
U+265F
HTML Entity
♟
CSS
\265F
The Black Chess Pawn symbol (♟) represents the most numerous piece in the classic game of chess. Added to Unicode in 1993 to support digital board representations, it is frequently used in online chess notation, game tutorials, and text-based UI design. Culturally, it often appears in social media posts to symbolize strategy, feeling like a "pawn" in a larger scheme, or simply a love for tabletop gaming.

How to Type

Windows
Alt+9823 or Win+. then search "pawn"
macOS
Control+Command+Space then search "pawn"
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+U 265F Space
HTML
♟ or ♟

In Programming

This symbol is heavily utilized in the development of chess engines, terminal-based games, and web UI to render board states using plain text rather than requiring external image assets.

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Tags

black black pawn board game board game symbol chess chess diagram chess notation chess pawn chess piece chess unicode pawn pawn metaphor pawn symbol piece sacrifice strategy symbol underdog

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 Knight ♠ Black Spade