Card suits, chess pieces and game symbols
Play your next message. This page collects symbols from cards, board games and dice: card suits ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ and their outline versions ♤ ♡ ♢ ♧, white and black chess pieces ♔ ♕ ♖ ♗ ♘ ♙ ♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟, dice faces ⚀ ⚁ ⚂ ⚃ ⚄ ⚅, the joker 🃏, mahjong 🀄, flower cards 🎴 and game emoji like 🎲 🎯.
Tap any symbol to copy it and paste it into game chats, scorecards, puzzles, usernames or poker notes.
Game symbols you can copy
- Card suits: ♠ spades, ♥ hearts, ♦ diamonds, ♣ clubs.
- Outline suits: ♤ ♡ ♢ ♧ for a lighter look.
- Chess pieces: ♔ king, ♕ queen, ♖ rook, ♗ bishop, ♘ knight, ♙ pawn, plus black versions.
- Dice: ⚀ ⚁ ⚂ ⚃ ⚄ ⚅ for one to six, and 🎲 emoji.
- Cards and tiles: 🃏 joker, 🀄 mahjong red dragon, 🎴 flower playing cards.
- Targets: 🎯 for darts and goals.
Writing chess moves and puzzles
Chess players use piece symbols to write moves in a way anyone can read, no matter their language. For example, ♘f3 means the knight moves to f3, and ♕xe7 means the queen captures on e7. This style is called figurine notation. You can also draw a simple board in plain text using the pieces and squares like □ and ■, which is fun for sharing puzzles in chat.
Card symbols for poker, rummy and bridge
Card suit symbols make it easy to share hands and scores. Poker players write hands like A♠ K♠ or 10♥ J♥. Bridge players use suits in bidding notes, like 1♣ or 2♥. Rummy and teen patti groups use them in chats to talk about their cards. Red suits ♥ ♦ and black suits ♠ ♣ are plain text, so you can colour them yourself in a document.
Symbols for gamers and usernames
Game symbols also look cool in names. A spade ♠ feels sharp and mysterious, a crown-like king ♚ shows power and a dice 🎲 suggests luck. Many gamers use ♠ or ♛ in clan tags. Board game cafes, chess clubs and card game channels use them in logos, menus and posters too.
Why ♥ looks different sometimes
Some suit symbols have both a text form and an emoji form. On some devices ♥ may appear as a red emoji ♥️, and on others as a plain black heart. If you need a specific look, copy the version that matches. For more chess, xiangqi and domino characters, search those words or browse the miscellaneous category.
Games for classrooms and parties
Teachers use dice and card symbols to make probability lessons more fun, like “What is the chance of rolling ⚅?”. Party hosts use them on game night invites and score sheets, and puzzle makers use chess pieces to share daily challenges in group chats. Because the symbols are text, they print clearly on worksheets and stay sharp on slides.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the spade symbol?
- Copy ♠ from this page. On Windows you can also try Alt + 6 in some programs.
- What is the white chess king symbol?
- ♔ is the white chess king. ♚ is the black king.
- Is there a dice symbol for each number?
- Yes. ⚀ is one, ⚁ is two, ⚂ is three, ⚃ is four, ⚄ is five and ⚅ is six.
- How do I write a poker hand with symbols?
- Write the card value and add the suit, like A♠ K♥ Q♦.
- Is there a joker card symbol?
- Yes. 🃏 is the joker card emoji.
- What is 🀄?
- 🀄 is the mahjong red dragon tile. Unicode also has a full set of mahjong tile characters.