How do I type the 🩬 xiangqi black cannon symbol?

On Windows, type 1FA6C and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 1fa6c. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.

What is the code for 🩬?

Xiangqi Black Cannon is U+1FA6C. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.

U+1FA6C · Other symbol

Xiangqi Black Cannon Symbol 🩬

🩬 is xiangqi black cannon, U+1FA6C. Unicode also records it as “hēi pào”. It was added in Unicode 11.0, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.

Also known as

hēi pào

What Unicode says about 🩬

design typically shows 7832

design sometimes shows 70AE

— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+1FA6C`
HTML hex	`🩬`
HTML decimal	`🩬`
CSS	`\1FA6C`
JavaScript	`\u{1FA6C}`
Python	`\U0001FA6C`
Java / C#	`\uD83E\uDE6C`
Rust	`\u{1fa6c}`
Swift	`\u{1FA6C}`
PHP	`\u{1FA6C}`
URL encoded	`%F0%9F%A9%AC`
UTF-8 bytes	`F0 9F A9 AC`
UTF-16 bytes	`D83E DE6C`
Base64	`8J+prA==`
Decimal	`129644`
Category	Other symbol (So)
Introduced	Unicode 11.0

Will 🩬 survive being pasted?

Normalisation. Yes. 🩬 is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
Legacy encodings. 🩬 sits above U+FFFF, so it needs a surrogate pair in UTF-16. Software that counts characters by code unit will report it as two.
Size. 4 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.

Nearby in Chess Symbols

Chess pieces in every rotation, plus xiangqi pieces. The rotated forms exist so a diagram can show a position from either player’s side.

All 102 characters in Chess Symbols →

How to type 🩬

Windows	Type `1FA6C` then press `Alt`+`X`
macOS	Press `Ctrl`+`Cmd`+`Space`, then search for “xiangqi black cannon”
Linux	Press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`, type `1fa6c`, press `Enter`
HTML	`🩬`

About Unicode’s Other symbol category

Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.

Frequently asked questions

How do I type the 🩬 xiangqi black cannon symbol?: On Windows, type 1FA6C and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 1fa6c. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for 🩬?: Xiangqi Black Cannon is U+1FA6C. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
What kind of character is 🩬?: Xiangqi Black Cannon is filed under Other symbol in the Chess Symbols block, and was introduced in Unicode 11.0. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.