Chess Symbols
RangeU+1FA00..U+1FA6F
(112 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsCommon
Symbol setsChess symbols
Xiangqi symbols
Assigned98 code points
Unused14 reserved code points
Unicode version history
11.0 (2018)14 (+14)
12.0 (2019)98 (+84)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Chess Symbols is a Unicode block containing characters for fairy chess and related notations beyond the basic Western chess symbols in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, as well as symbols representing game pieces for xiangqi (Chinese chess).[3]

Block

Chess Symbols[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1FA0x 🨀 🨁 🨂 🨃 🨄 🨅 🨆 🨇 🨈 🨉 🨊 🨋 🨌 🨍 🨎 🨏
U+1FA1x 🨐 🨑 🨒 🨓 🨔 🨕 🨖 🨗 🨘 🨙 🨚 🨛 🨜 🨝 🨞 🨟
U+1FA2x 🨠 🨡 🨢 🨣 🨤 🨥 🨦 🨧 🨨 🨩 🨪 🨫 🨬 🨭 🨮 🨯
U+1FA3x 🨰 🨱 🨲 🨳 🨴 🨵 🨶 🨷 🨸 🨹 🨺 🨻 🨼 🨽 🨾 🨿
U+1FA4x 🩀 🩁 🩂 🩃 🩄 🩅 🩆 🩇 🩈 🩉 🩊 🩋 🩌 🩍 🩎 🩏
U+1FA5x 🩐 🩑 🩒 🩓
U+1FA6x 🩠 🩡 🩢 🩣 🩤 🩥 🩦 🩧 🩨 🩩 🩪 🩫 🩬 🩭
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Chess Symbols block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
11.0U+1FA60..1FA6D14L2/10-368N3910Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbol in the SMP, 2010-09-16
L2/10-463N3966Re: Proposal for encoding Chinese chess symbols, 2010-11-05
L2/10-416RMoore, Lisa (2010-11-09), "C.15", UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes
N3992R.O. Korea's Comments on "Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbol in the SMP (WG2 N3910)", 2011-03-03
N3903 (pdf, doc)"M57.28 (Chinese Chess symbols)", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
N4103"11.8 Comments on N3910 "Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbols"", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
L2/16-255N4748West, Andrew (2016-09-12), Proposal to encode Xiangqi game symbols
L2/16-270N4766Everson, Michael (2016-09-28), Recommendations for encoding Xiàngqí game symbols
N4873R (pdf, doc)"10.3.10", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65, 2018-03-16
L2/16-325Moore, Lisa (2016-11-18), "Consensus 149-C8", UTC #149 Minutes
L2/17-161N4794Suignard, Michel (2017-05-08), "China T3, UK T7. Sub-clause 33", Draft disposition of comments on PDAM1.2 to ISO/IEC 10646 5th edition
L2/17-103Moore, Lisa (2017-05-18), "E.2.3 Xiangqi game symbols", UTC #151 Minutes
N4953 (pdf, doc)"M66.03d", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23
L2/17-353Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "D. Chess Symbols", WG2 Consent Docket
L2/17-362Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C5", UTC #153 Minutes
12.0U+1FA00..1FA5384L2/16-293Wallace, Garth (2016-10-26), Proposal to Encode Heterodox Chess Symbols
L2/16-342Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-11-07), "13. Chess", Recommendations to UTC #149 November 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/17-034R4N4784RWallace, Garth; Everson, Michael (2017-03-28), Revised Proposal to Encode Heterodox Chess Symbols in the UCS
L2/17-153Anderson, Deborah (2017-05-17), "22. Chess symbols", Recommendations to UTC #151 May 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-103Moore, Lisa (2017-05-18), "E.2.1", UTC #151 Minutes
N4953 (pdf, doc)"M66.07j", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23
L2/17-362Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C15", UTC #153 Minutes
  1. ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  1. ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Chapter 22: Symbols". The Unicode Standard, Version 12.0 (PDF). Mountain View, CA: Unicode, Inc. March 2019. ISBN 978-1-936213-22-1.
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