White Chess Knight Rotated Forty-Five Degrees 🨆
🨆 (U+1FA06) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: White Chess Knight Rotated Forty-Five Degrees is part of the Symbols family (block: Chess Symbols). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: The character depicts WHITE CHESS KNIGHT ROTATED FORTY-FIVE DEGREES. Use it to signal strategic thinking in conversations about planning, games, or puzzles. It can show interest in chess topics when discussing matches, moves, or game goals. It can also stand in for a tactical choice or a clever workaround in UI messages. In chats, it helps identify a chess fan or a moment that calls for a strategic approach. When used in documentation or instructions, it reinforces an idea of move-based thinking or problem solving. Appearance varies across platforms and fonts, so colors and details may differ. For accessibility, provide surrounding text that conveys the intended meaning, and consider a text alternative if color cues are not available or clear across devices.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1FA06 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1FA06 - General Category:
So - Age:
12.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Chess Symbols - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A8 86 - UTF-16:
D83E DE06 - UTF-32:
0001FA06 - HTML dec:
🨆 - HTML hex:
🨆 - JS escape:
\u{1FA06} - Python \N{}:
\N{WHITE CHESS KNIGHT ROTATED FORTY-FIVE DEGREES} - Python \U:
\U0001FA06 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A8%86 - CSS escape:
\1FA06
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1FA06 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🨆 (hex) or 🨆 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.