Playing Card Three of Spades 🂣
🂣 (U+1F0A3) 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: Playing Card Three of Spades is part of the Symbols family (block: Playing Cards). 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 PLAYING CARD THREE OF SPADES. In messages, it can lighten tone or illustrate a game move, strategy, or a spade card in a deck‑building context. In app interfaces, use it to symbolize card games, gambling topics, or a specific card in a tutorial or helper tip. In UI text, it can stand for a card‑based action or a move in a game story. Consider accessibility: ensure surrounding words convey the meaning and provide alt text or labels for screen readers. Note that appearance varies across platforms and fonts, so colors and details may differ. If a platform lacks color emoji, a monochrome fallback may be shown; test cross‑platform and assistive tech for clarity.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F0A3 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.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F0A3 - General Category:
So - Age:
6.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Playing Cards - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 82 A3 - UTF-16:
D83C DCA3 - UTF-32:
0001F0A3 - HTML dec:
🂣 - HTML hex:
🂣 - JS escape:
\u{1F0A3} - Python \N{}:
\N{PLAYING CARD THREE OF SPADES} - Python \U:
\U0001F0A3 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%82%A3 - CSS escape:
\1F0A3
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+1F0A3 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.