Black Chess Turned Pawn 🨩
🨩 (U+1FA29) 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: Black Chess Turned Pawn 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 emoji BLACK CHESS TURNED PAWN depicts a chess pawn. In messages, it conveys ideas of strategy, planning, or game talk. It can signal a move in a game, a deliberate tactic, or a metaphor for careful thinking. In UI text, use it to mark a strategic option, a puzzle, or a competitive scenario. It also functions as a neutral object in discussions about games, schools of thought, or problem-solving. Appearance varies across platforms, apps, and fonts, so color, shading, and detail may differ. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text clearly conveys the intended meaning and provide plain-language cues when the emoji stands in for a concept.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1FA29 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+1FA29 - General Category:
So - Age:
12.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Chess Symbols - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A8 A9 - UTF-16:
D83E DE29 - UTF-32:
0001FA29 - HTML dec:
🨩 - HTML hex:
🨩 - JS escape:
\u{1FA29} - Python \N{}:
\N{BLACK CHESS TURNED PAWN} - Python \U:
\U0001FA29 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A8%A9 - CSS escape:
\1FA29
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+1FA29 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.