Spade Suit HTML entity &spades;

&spades; is the HTML entity for Spade Suit ♠ (U+2660). Copy the decimal ♠ and hex ♠ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.

Entity: &spades;
Also written: &spadesuit;
Code point: U+2660
Unicode name: BLACK SPADE SUIT
Block: Miscellaneous Symbols
Category: Other symbol (So)
Since: Unicode 1.1
Defined in: HTML 4.01 and HTML5

Codes to copy

HTML named	`&spades;`Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined.
HTML decimal	`♠`Works in HTML and XML.
HTML hex	`♠`Works in HTML and XML.
CSS	`content: "\2660";`In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript	`"\u2660"`Also valid in JSON.
Python	`"\u2660"`Python 3 string literal.
Python by name	`"\N{BLACK SPADE SUIT}"`Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL	`%E2%99%A0`Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 99 A0`3 bytes.
UTF-16	`2660`1 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts.

When to use it

The spade suit from playing cards, named in HTML 4. Like the other suits it has an emoji form on some systems; U+FE0E after it asks for the text glyph.

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

This character also has an emoji form: ♠️ Spade 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).