☗

Black Shogi Piece

Unicode
U+2617
HTML Entity
☗
CSS
\2617
The ☗ symbol represents a black shogi piece, traditionally used to denote the first player's moves in the Japanese strategy board game of shogi. Its distinct pentagonal shape makes it a popular typographic marker for game notation, strategy discussions, or references to traditional Japanese culture. While primarily found in digital game records and shogi manuals, it occasionally appears online as a unique geometric bullet point or decorative icon.

How to Type

Windows
In Word: type 2617, then press Alt + X. Other apps have no standard Windows shortcut for it — copy it from this page
macOS
Control+Command+Space then search 'shogi'
HTML
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Tags

black black piece board game board game notation first player marker game japanese chess japanese chess symbol pentagonal symbol shogi notation shogi piece shogi unicode strategy game symbol typographic bullet unicode shogi

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