U+1FA69 · Other symbol
Xiangqi Black Elephant Symbol 🩩
🩩 is xiangqi black elephant, U+1FA69. Unicode also records it as “hēi xiàng”. It was added in Unicode 11.0, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
Also known as
- hēi xiàng
What Unicode says about 🩩
design typically shows 8C61
— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+1FA69 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | 🩩 | |
| HTML decimal | 🩩 | |
| CSS | \1FA69 | |
| JavaScript | \u{1FA69} | |
| Python | \U0001FA69 | |
| Java / C# | \uD83E\uDE69 | |
| Rust | \u{1fa69} | |
| Swift | \u{1FA69} | |
| PHP | \u{1FA69} | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%A9%A9 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A9 A9 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | D83E DE69 | |
| Base64 | 8J+pqQ== | |
| Decimal | 129641 | |
| 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.
How to type 🩩
| Windows | Type 1FA69 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “xiangqi black elephant” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 1fa69, 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 elephant symbol?
- On Windows, type 1FA69 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 1fa69. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for 🩩?
- Xiangqi Black Elephant is U+1FA69. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is 🩩?
- Xiangqi Black Elephant 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.