A reference collection of Unicode chess piece symbols, including standard Western pieces and Japanese Shogi markers. Click any symbol to copy it instantly.
This library contains Unicode chess piece symbols for both Western chess (white and black kings, queens, rooks, bishops, knights, and pawns) and Japanese Shogi. Symbols are organized by piece color and game type.
The six standard white (outline) chess piece symbols in Unicode: king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, and pawn.
The six standard black (filled) chess piece symbols in Unicode: king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, and pawn.
Every chess character with its name and both colour variants. White pieces use the outline glyph; Black pieces use the filled glyph.
| Piece | White | Black | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| King | ♔ |
♚ |
Moves one square any direction; the piece you must protect |
| Queen | ♕ |
♛ |
Most powerful piece; moves any distance straight or diagonally |
| Rook | ♖ |
♜ |
Moves any distance horizontally or vertically; castles with the king |
| Bishop | ♗ |
♝ |
Moves any distance diagonally; stays on one colour |
| Knight | ♘ |
♞ |
Moves in an L-shape and jumps over other pieces |
| Pawn | ♙ |
♟ |
Moves forward one square; captures diagonally; promotes on the back rank |
Board square characters in various sizes available in Unicode for representing chess boards.
Fairy chess pieces and notation symbols from the Chess Symbols Unicode block, including neutral pieces and rotated variants.
The marks used in chess notation to record checks, captures, and the quality of a move (PGN/algebraic annotation glyphs).
Copy a full side of pieces in standard notation order (King, Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Pawn).
The six chess pieces are the King (♔/♚), Queen (♕/♛), Rook (♖/♜), Bishop (♗/♝), Knight (♘/♞), and Pawn (♙/♟). The outline glyphs are White and the filled glyphs are Black. Each is a standard Unicode character you can copy and paste anywhere text is supported.
The easiest way is to copy them from this page — click any piece to copy it instantly. They live in the Unicode "Miscellaneous Symbols" block (U+2654–U+265F), so you can also insert them with a Unicode/hex code or your operating system's character picker, then paste into Discord, documents, or social bios.
In chess notation, + means check, # (or ‡) means checkmate, and × marks a capture. Move annotations grade quality: ! is a good move, !! brilliant, ? a mistake, ?? a blunder, !? interesting, and ?! dubious. Position symbols like =, ±, ∓, and ⩲ describe who stands better.
Yes. The standard king-to-pawn glyphs render on virtually every modern phone, browser, Discord, and word processor because they are long-established Unicode characters. A few extended/fairy-chess pieces are newer and may show as blank boxes on older devices — if that happens, stick to the standard white and black pieces.
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