Neutral Chess Knight 🨄
🨄 (U+1FA04) 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: Neutral Chess Knight 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 NEUTRAL CHESS KNIGHT depicts the knight piece in chess. It can reflect a game idea in messages or UI that references strategy, movement, or a chess scenario. In chats or tutorials, use it to indicate a knight move, plan a tactic, or represent a chess player. It can appear in game summaries, strategy guides, or onboarding screens to signal chess topics without emotional tone. For UI labels or help text, it supports clear, concise ideas about moves or positions. If used in a story or example, it helps show planning and balance rather than mood. Appearance can vary across platforms, apps, and fonts, so designs may differ in color, style, and detail; ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning and provide a text alternative when needed.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1FA04 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+1FA04 - General Category:
So - Age:
12.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Chess Symbols - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A8 84 - UTF-16:
D83E DE04 - UTF-32:
0001FA04 - HTML dec:
🨄 - HTML hex:
🨄 - JS escape:
\u{1FA04} - Python \N{}:
\N{NEUTRAL CHESS KNIGHT} - Python \U:
\U0001FA04 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A8%84 - CSS escape:
\1FA04
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+1FA04 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.