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White Chess King ♔ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Type the White or outline Chess King ♔ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.  Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac.

White Chess King ♔ symbol is useful for users that want to represent the chess piece as a symbol, rather than an image. 

There’s also a Black Chess King ♚ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

How White Chess King ♔ looks in different fonts.

Here’s some examples of how White Chess King ♔ looks in common Office fonts.

White Chess King ♔ codes

These are the important code numbers or values you’ll need to enter the White Chess King or ♔

Decimal:  9812  Hex:   2654

Web: ♔ or ♔

(web codes aren’t used in Microsoft Office, we’ve included them for the sake of completeness.)

Word and Outlook

The White Chess King ♔ sign does NOT have an inbuilt shortcut in Word.

Use the standard Word Alt + X symbol shortcut 2654  + Alt + X

Once in a document you can copy it to AutoCorrect and make your own shortcut.

Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Insert | Symbols | Symbol and look for the  White Chess King symbol.

Windows

In Windows there are several shortcuts to enter the White Chess King ♔ character into any program, but they use a numeric keypad, not the number row above the letters.

Alt + 9812  

Window 11 Emoji Panel

The Windows 11 Emoji Panel does not have the White Chess King ♔ character.

Windows Character Map

The Windows Character Map accessory in all Windows releases

Character Map has a search feature, something missing from the Insert | Symbol in Office.

MacOS and Office for Mac inserting characters

On a Mac, to enter the White Chess King ♔ symbol:

  • Command + Control + Spacebar shortcut to open the Character Viewer.  
  • Search for “ White Chess King “ and the Viewer should find the symbol you need.

Despite the name Character Viewer, the Apple system tool will also insert characters into any program, including Office for Mac.

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