Chess Symbols Copy and Paste
Copy chess pieces and card suits for diagrams, game notes, posts, labels, and simple text notation. The list includes white and black chess pieces such as ♔, ♕, ♚, and ♛, plus suit symbols like ♠, ♣, and ♦.
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About chess symbols
Chess symbols are text
Use ♔ ♕ ♖ ♗ ♘ ♙ and ♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟ for quick diagrams, puzzle notes, or headings where an image would be overkill.
White vs black piece names
The Unicode names say white and black, but the displayed color still depends on the font, page color, and surrounding style.
Card suits included here
♠, ♣, ♥, and ♦ are useful for card games, probability examples, and short game labels. Use them as visual labels, not as a substitute for full rules or notation.
Not chess notation
These symbols are not notation like Nf3 or Qxe5. Use standard notation for game records and symbols for visual notes.
Unicode, HTML entities, and Alt codes
Unicode gives each character a standard code point, such as U+2605 for ★. HTML character references let web pages represent those characters with decimal, hexadecimal, or named references.
Alt codes are keyboard shortcuts, mostly used on Windows. They are useful when they work, but copy and paste is more reliable across laptops, phones, tablets, and international keyboard layouts.
Why special characters change appearance
The copied character is text, not an image. Its final look depends on the app, browser, operating system, and font used to render it. If a symbol matters in a username, label, document, or product page, paste it into the final destination and check it there.