White chess rook

♖ is the Unicode character “WHITE CHESS ROOK” (U+2656). It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block and was added in Unicode 1.1. Click it to copy, or use the codes below.

♖ codes

UnicodeCode point U+2656
HTML codeDecimal, works in any HTML page ♖
HTML hexHexadecimal HTML code ♖
CSSFor the CSS content property \2656
JavaScriptEscape in JavaScript strings \u2656
PythonEscape in Python strings \u2656
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8 %E2%99%96
UTF-8Bytes in UTF-8 E2 99 96
UTF-16Code units in UTF-16 2656

How to type ♖

Copy and paste

Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.

Windows

Press Win + . to open the emoji and symbol panel, then search for “white chess rook”.

In Microsoft Word, type 2656 and press Alt + X.

Mac

Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “white chess rook”.

iPhone and Android

Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).

HTML and CSS

Unicode U+2656. Every format is on the white chess rook page.

About ♖

Unicode name
WHITE CHESS ROOK
Code point
U+2656 (9814)
Block
Miscellaneous Symbols
Category
Other Symbol
Unicode version
1.1