Chess Symbols (Unicode block)

Chess Symbols
Range U+1FA00..U+1FA6F
(112 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Common
Assigned 14 code points
Unused 98 reserved code points
Unicode version history
11.0 14 (+14)
Note: [1][2]

Chess Symbols is a Unicode block containing characters for chess notations beyond the basic Western chess symbols in the Miscellaneous Symbols block.[3] The Chess Symbols block currently contains symbols representing game pieces for xiangqi (Chinese chess).

Block

Chess Symbols[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1FA0x
U+1FA1x
U+1FA2x
U+1FA3x
U+1FA4x
U+1FA5x
U+1FA6x 🩠 🩡 🩢 🩣 🩤 🩥 🩦 🩧 🩨 🩩 🩪 🩫 🩬 🩭
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 11.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Chess Symbols block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
11.0U+1FA60..1FA6D14L2/10-368N3910Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbol in the SMP, 2010-09-16
L2/10-390R"M57.28", Resolutions of WG2 meeting #57, Busan Korea, 2010-10-11
L2/10-463N3966Re: Proposal for encoding Chinese chess symbols, 2010-11-05
L2/10-416RMoore, Lisa (2010-11-09), "C.15", UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes
N3992R.O. Korea's Comments on "Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbol in the SMP (WG2 N3910)", 2011-03-03
N3903"10.18 Chinese Chess Symbols", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
L2/11-239N4104"M58.31", Resolutions of WG 2 meeting 58, 2011-06-10
L2/16-255N4748West, Andrew (2016-09-12), Proposal to encode Xiangqi game symbols
L2/16-270N4766Everson, Michael (2016-09-28), Recommendations for encoding Xiàngqí game symbols
L2/17-161N4794Suignard, Michel (2017-05-08), "T7. Sub-clause 33, Enclosed Ideographic Supplement, Xiangqi game symbol", Draft disposition of comments on PDAM1.2 to ISO/IEC 10646 5th edition
L2/17-103Moore, Lisa (2017-05-18), "E.2.3 Xiangqi game symbols", UTC #151 Minutes
L2/17-353Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "D. Chess Symbols", WG2 Consent Docket
L2/17-362Moore, Lisa (2017-11-08), "153-C5", UTC #153 Minutes
  1. ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  1. ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  2. ↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  3. ↑ "Chapter 22: Symbols". The Unicode Standard, Version 11.0 (PDF). Mountain View, CA: Unicode, Inc. June 2018. ISBN 978-1-936213-19-1.
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