Playing Card Eight of Clubs 🃘
🃘 (U+1F0D8) 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 Eight of Clubs 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: PLAYING CARD EIGHT OF CLUBS depicts the playing card eight of clubs. In messages, it can stand for a card or a move in a game, so use it when you discuss games, card nights, or card collections. In apps, use it to trigger a card-related action or to label features such as a deck, hand, or draw. As a metaphor, it can convey luck, risk, or strategy in a story or plan. The emoji rendering may vary across platforms, apps, and fonts, so designs differ in color and style. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning and provide a text description for assistive tech. Cross-platform appearance may differ; if color is not supported, rely on plain text or a simple shape description to maintain clarity.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F0D8 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+1F0D8 - General Category:
So - Age:
6.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Playing Cards - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 83 98 - UTF-16:
D83C DCD8 - UTF-32:
0001F0D8 - HTML dec:
🃘 - HTML hex:
🃘 - JS escape:
\u{1F0D8} - Python \N{}:
\N{PLAYING CARD EIGHT OF CLUBS} - Python \U:
\U0001F0D8 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%83%98 - CSS escape:
\1F0D8
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+1F0D8 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.