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<h2 id="block">Block</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="17">Chess Symbols[1][2]<a href="https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1FA00.pdf">Official Unicode Consortium code chart</a> (PDF)</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>A</td><td>B</td><td>C</td><td>D</td><td>E</td><td>F</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FA0x</td><td>🨀</td><td>🨁</td><td>🨂</td><td>🨃</td><td>🨄</td><td>🨅</td><td>🨆</td><td>🨇</td><td>🨈</td><td>🨉</td><td>🨊</td><td>🨋</td><td>🨌</td><td>🨍</td><td>🨎</td><td>🨏</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FA1x</td><td>🨐</td><td>🨑</td><td>🨒</td><td>🨓</td><td>🨔</td><td>🨕</td><td>🨖</td><td>🨗</td><td>🨘</td><td>🨙</td><td>🨚</td><td>🨛</td><td>🨜</td><td>🨝</td><td>🨞</td><td>🨟</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FA2x</td><td>🨠</td><td>🨡</td><td>🨢</td><td>🨣</td><td>🨤</td><td>🨥</td><td>🨦</td><td>🨧</td><td>🨨</td><td>🨩</td><td>🨪</td><td>🨫</td><td>🨬</td><td>🨭</td><td>🨮</td><td>🨯</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FA3x</td><td>🨰</td><td>🨱</td><td>🨲</td><td>🨳</td><td>🨴</td><td>🨵</td><td>🨶</td><td>🨷</td><td>🨸</td><td>🨹</td><td>🨺</td><td>🨻</td><td>🨼</td><td>🨽</td><td>🨾</td><td>🨿</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FA4x</td><td>🩀</td><td>🩁</td><td>🩂</td><td>🩃</td><td>🩄</td><td>🩅</td><td>🩆</td><td>🩇</td><td>🩈</td><td>🩉</td><td>🩊</td><td>🩋</td><td>🩌</td><td>🩍</td><td>🩎</td><td>🩏</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FA5x</td><td>🩐</td><td>🩑</td><td>🩒</td><td>🩓</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>U+1FA6x</td><td>🩠</td><td>🩡</td><td>🩢</td><td>🩣</td><td>🩤</td><td>🩥</td><td>🩦</td><td>🩧</td><td>🩨</td><td>🩩</td><td>🩪</td><td>🩫</td><td>🩬</td><td>🩭</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="17">Notes1.^ As of Unicode version 16.02.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Chess Symbols block: </p> <table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Version</a></th><th>Final code points<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></th><th>Count</th><th><a href="/facts/International_Committee_for_Information_Technology_Standards/CXq4JYfR">L2</a> ID</th><th><a href="/facts/ISO%2fIEC_JTC_1%2fSC_2/IcW7grUW">WG2</a> ID</th><th>Document</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="15">11.0</td><td rowspan="15">U+1FA60..1FA6D</td><td rowspan="15">14</td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10368-n3910.pdf">L2/10-368</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3910.pdf">N3910</a></td><td><i>Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbol in the SMP</i>, 2010-09-16</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10463-chinese-chess.pdf">L2/10-463</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3966.pdf">N3966</a></td><td><i>Re: Proposal for encoding Chinese chess symbols</i>, 2010-11-05</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10416.htm">L2/10-416R</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2010-11-09), "C.15", <i>UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3992.pdf">N3992</a></td><td><i>R.O. Korea's Comments on "Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbol in the SMP (WG2 N3910)"</i>, 2011-03-03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3903.pdf">N3903 (pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3903.doc">doc</a>)</td><td>"M57.28 (Chinese Chess symbols)", <i>Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57</i>, 2011-03-31</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4103.pdf">N4103</a></td><td>"11.8 Comments on N3910 "Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbols"", <i>Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58</i>, 2012-01-03</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16255-n4748-xiangqi.pdf">L2/16-255</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4748-xiangqi.pdf">N4748</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Andrew_West_(linguist)/Tz7wDf38">West, Andrew</a> (2016-09-12), <i>Proposal to encode Xiangqi game symbols</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16270-n4766-xiangqi.pdf">L2/16-270</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4766-xiangqi.pdf">N4766</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Michael_Everson/8Se2cLdz">Everson, Michael</a> (2016-09-28), <i>Recommendations for encoding Xiàngqí game symbols</i></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.pdf">N4873R (pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.doc">doc</a>)</td><td>"10.3.10", <i>Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65</i>, 2018-03-16</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16325.htm">L2/16-325</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2016-11-18), "Consensus 149-C8", <i>UTC #149 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17161-n4794-pdam1-2.pdf">L2/17-161</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4794-pdam1-2DDOC.pdf">N4794</a></td><td>Suignard, Michel (2017-05-08), "China T3, UK T7. Sub-clause 33", <i>Draft disposition of comments on PDAM1.2 to ISO/IEC 10646 5th edition</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17103.htm">L2/17-103</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2017-05-18), "E.2.3 Xiangqi game symbols", <i>UTC #151 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.pdf">N4953 (pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.doc">doc</a>)</td><td>"M66.03d", <i>Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66</i>, 2018-03-23</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17353-wg2-consent-docket.pdf">L2/17-353</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "D. Chess Symbols", <i>WG2 Consent Docket</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17362.htm">L2/17-362</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C5", <i>UTC #153 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="7">12.0</td><td rowspan="7">U+1FA00..1FA53</td><td rowspan="7">84</td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16293-heterdox-chess.pdf">L2/16-293</a></td><td></td><td>Wallace, Garth (2016-10-26), <i>Proposal to Encode Heterodox Chess Symbols</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16342-script-ad-hoc.pdf">L2/16-342</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-11-07), "13. Chess", <i>Recommendations to UTC #149 November 2016 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17034r3-n4784r-fairy-chess.pdf">L2/17-034R4</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4784r2-fairy-chess.pdf">N4784R</a></td><td>Wallace, Garth; Everson, Michael (2017-03-28), <i>Revised Proposal to Encode Heterodox Chess Symbols in the UCS</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17153-script-ad-hoc-rec.pdf">L2/17-153</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah (2017-05-17), "22. Chess symbols", <i>Recommendations to UTC #151 May 2017 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17103.htm">L2/17-103</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2017-05-18), "E.2.1", <i>UTC #151 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.pdf">N4953 (pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.doc">doc</a>)</td><td>"M66.07j", <i>Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66</i>, 2018-03-23</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17362.htm">L2/17-362</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C15", <i>UTC #153 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Chess_symbols_in_Unicode/10B8E0bF">Chess symbols in Unicode</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Chapter 22: Symbols". The Unicode Standard, Version 12.0 (PDF). Mountain View, CA: Unicode, Inc. March 2019. ISBN 978-1-936213-22-1. <a href="978-1-936213-22-1" target="_blank">978-1-936213-22-1</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>