☖
Misc Symbol 23
- Unicode
- U+2616
- Category
- Zodiac
- HTML Entity
- ☖
- CSS
- \2616
The ☖ (White Shogi Piece) symbol represents a playing piece used in Shogi, a traditional Japanese strategy board game similar to chess. In Shogi move notation, this hollow pentagon specifically denotes actions taken by "Gote" (the second player, often referred to as "white"). Outside of board game communities, internet users occasionally repurpose it as a minimalist house icon or a stylized decorative bullet point due to its geometric shape.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9750 or Win+. then search 'shogi'
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'shogi'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then type 2616 and press Enter
- HTML
- ☖
In Programming
This symbol is frequently used in the source code and text-based user interfaces of digital Shogi engines to render virtual game boards or annotate move histories.
Tags
board game
board game symbol
game
hollow pentagon
house icon unicode
japanese chess
japanese chess piece
minimalist house
pentagon symbol
second player shogi
shogi gote
shogi notation
shogi piece
white