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Crown Symbol (♛)

The crown symbol ♛ is Unicode U+265B, the chess queen people use as a crown. Press Copy to put it on your clipboard.

Unicode
U+265B
HTML
♛
Word
265B Alt+X

How to type the crown symbol (♛)

Plain Unicode text has no character named “crown”; the black chess queen ♛ is the one people use, and the emoji 👑 is the only character officially called CROWN. The methods below type ♛. For 👑, use your emoji keyboard or Win + . and search for “crown”.

Windows

  1. In Word or Outlook, type 265B and press Alt + X. Alt + X converts the hex code before the cursor into the character, and back again.
  2. Press Win + R, type charmap and press Enter. Tick “Advanced view”, search for Black Chess Queen, then Select and Copy. Character Map is built into every version of Windows.

Mac

  1. Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search for queen and double-click it.
  2. With the Unicode Hex Input keyboard enabled (System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources), hold Option and type 265B.

Linux & ChromeOS

  1. Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 265b, then press Enter or Space. Works in GTK and IBus apps (GNOME, Firefox, Chrome, LibreOffice) and on ChromeOS.

iPhone & iPad

  1. Copy ♛ from this page, then go to Settings → General → Keyboard → Text Replacement and add it with a shortcut such as ;crow. The shortcut then turns into the symbol as you type, in every app.

Android

  1. Copy ♛ here, then open Gboard settings → Dictionary → Personal dictionary and add it with a shortcut.

Microsoft Word

  1. Type 265B, then press Alt + X.
  2. Insert → Symbol → More Symbols. Set “from” to Unicode (hex), type 265B in “Character code” and click Insert.

Google Docs

  1. Insert → Special characters, then search for “queen” or draw it in the box.

Excel & Google Sheets

  1. Enter =UNICHAR(9819) in a cell. It works in Excel 2013 and later and in Google Sheets.

HTML

  1. Write ♛ or ♛ in your HTML.

What does ♛ mean?

There is no crown among the ordinary text symbols of Unicode. The characters that look most like one are the chess pieces: ♛ black chess queen and ♚ black chess king have crown-shaped tops, and their outline twins ♕ and ♔ work on light and dark backgrounds alike. That is why names such as “♛ Queen Bee ♛” or “♚ Kingslayer ♚” use chess pieces.

The only character officially named CROWN is the emoji 👑 (U+1F451), which appears in gold on phones. Use 👑 in chats and captions, and ♛ or ♚ when you want the symbol to match your font, stay small, or work in game names that reject emoji. The heraldic fleur-de-lis ⚜ is another royal-looking option.

Common uses

  • Gamer tags and usernames: ♛ Nova ♛
  • Bios for “queen” and “king” themes: ♚ Boss mode
  • Chess notation, where ♛ still means the queen

Crown Symbol codes for HTML, CSS and programming

Every code below produces ♛. Use the HTML entity in web pages, the CSS escape in content, and the escape sequence in source code.

Unicode code pointU+265B
HTML decimal♛
HTML hex♛
CSS contentcontent: "\265B";
JavaScript"\u265B"
Python"\u265B"
Python (by name)"\N{BLACK CHESS QUEEN}"
Java / C#"\u265B"
UTF-8 bytesE2 99 9B
UTF-16265B
URL encoded%E2%99%9B

♛ vs look-alike characters

These characters look similar to ♛ but have a different meaning and code. Pasting the wrong one can break search, sorting and screen readers.

CharNameWhen to use it
Crown
U+1F451		Crown emoji, the only character officially named crown.
Chess King
U+265A		Black chess king, with a cross on top instead of points.
White Chess Queen
U+2655		White chess queen, the outline version.
Fleur-De-Lis
U+269C		Fleur-de-lis, a heraldic lily associated with French royalty.

Symbols similar to ♛

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♛ character properties

Official Unicode name
BLACK CHESS QUEEN
Also known as
crown text symbol, queen symbol, king symbol
Code point
U+265B
Unicode block
Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF)
General category
Other symbol (So)
Added in
Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane (0)
Emoji
No, it is a text symbol

Frequently asked questions

Is there a crown symbol I can copy and paste?

Yes: ♛ and ♚ are text crowns from the chess symbols, and 👑 is the crown emoji. Click any of them on this page to copy it.

Which crown symbol works in game names?

Games that block emoji often accept ♛ ♚ ♕ ♔, because they are ordinary text symbols. Check the name length limit, as each counts as one character.

Is there an alt code for the crown symbol?

No. ♛ is outside the Windows-1252 and code page 437 character sets, so no Alt + number code produces it. Copy it from this page, type 265B then Alt + X in Word, or find it in Character Map.

How do I type the crown symbol on a Mac?

There is no single Option shortcut for ♛ on the US layout. Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search for “queen” and double-click it, or copy it from this page.

What is the HTML code for the crown symbol?

♛ has no named HTML entity. Use the numeric reference ♛ or ♛, or paste the character directly into a UTF-8 page.

What is the Unicode for the crown symbol?

♛ is U+265B, officially named BLACK CHESS QUEEN, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It has been part of Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).