Which diamond is which
โ BLACK DIAMOND and โ WHITE DIAMOND are geometric shapes, about as wide as they are tall. โฆ๏ธ BLACK DIAMOND SUIT and โข WHITE DIAMOND SUIT are the playing-card diamonds, which many fonts draw a little narrower. โ LOZENGE is a tall, thin outline used in logic and as a list bullet, and โ DIAMOND OPERATOR is a small math symbol.
โ has a small black diamond inside an outline, โ is a four-part dingbat often used as a decorative bullet, and โฌฅ โฌฆ โฌฉ come in medium and small sizes for lists. ๐ GEM STONE is the emoji for a cut diamond, while ๐ท ๐ถ ๐น ๐ธ are colored diamond shapes.
Shortcuts for diamond symbols
On Windows, hold Alt and type 4 on the number pad for โฆ๏ธ. On a Mac, Option + Shift + V types the lozenge โ. In HTML, ♦ gives โฆ๏ธ and ◊ gives โ. In Microsoft Word, type 25C6 and press Alt + X for โ.
In LaTeX, \diamondsuit prints โข and \diamond prints the small operator โ; with the amssymb package, \lozenge prints โ and \blacklozenge a filled lozenge. On phones, search "diamond" in the emoji keyboard for ๐ and the colored diamonds.
Diamonds in bios, lists and slang
Diamonds make neat bullets and dividers: start lines with โ or โ, or separate sections with a row like โ โโโ โ. In slang, ๐ means something precious or high quality, and ๐๐ ("diamond hands") is investor talk for holding on through ups and downs. Many games also call a high rank Diamond.
For card games, see card symbols; for other shapes, see square symbols and triangle symbols. Jewelry fans will like the ring symbols page.