Diamond Suit HTML entity ♦

♦ is the HTML entity for Diamond Suit ♦ (U+2666). Copy the decimal ♦ and hex ♦ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.

Entity
♦
Also written
♦
Code point
U+2666
Unicode name
BLACK DIAMOND SUIT
Block
Miscellaneous Symbols
Category
Other symbol (So)
Since
Unicode 1.1
Defined in
HTML 4.01 and HTML5

Codes to copy

HTML named♦Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined.
HTML decimal♦Works in HTML and XML.
HTML hex♦Works in HTML and XML.
CSScontent: "\2666";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript"\u2666"Also valid in JSON.
Python"\u2666"Python 3 string literal.
Python by name"\N{BLACK DIAMOND SUIT}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL%E2%99%A6Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytesE2 99 A63 bytes.
UTF-1626661 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts.

When to use it

The diamond suit from playing cards, named in HTML 4. It is a different character from the lozenge ◊, which is narrower and outlined.

The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.

This character also has an emoji form: ♦️ Diamond Suit. Add U+FE0F after it for the emoji style or U+FE0E for the text style.

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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).