♖
White Chess Rook
- Unicode
- U+2656
- Category
- Chess & Cards
- HTML Entity
- ♖
- CSS
- \2656
The White Chess Rook symbol (♖) represents the traditional castle-shaped piece used in the game of chess. In Unicode, it belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block and is primarily used in digital chess notation to visually distinguish white pieces from black ones. Beyond gaming, people often use it metaphorically on social media to signify a strong defense, strategic planning, or an impenetrable fortress.
How to Type
- Windows
- Win + . then search "chess" or Alt + 9814
- macOS
- Control + Command + Space then search "white chess rook"
- Linux
- Ctrl + Shift + U then 2656
- HTML
- &wrook; or ♖
In Programming
Commonly utilized in the UI development of digital board games or text-based visualizers to render graphical chess board states in the terminal or browser.
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