White Chess Knight

Part of Weather, Zodiac, Chess and Card Symbols

White Chess Knight has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.

Alt code
None
HTML entity
♘
Unicode
U+2658

About this symbol

The knight is the only chess piece that jumps over others, moving in an L shape: two squares one way and one to the side. Its move is among the few that have not changed since the earliest forms of the game.

Unicode facts

Official name
WHITE CHESS KNIGHT
Type
Symbol
Unicode block
Miscellaneous Symbols
Unicode group
Chess symbols
Added in
Unicode 1.1 (1993)

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