Emoji 11
chess pawn
Also known as chess, dupe, expendable, pawn
A small chess piece representing a pawn, used in the game of chess.
Meaning
The chess pawn emoji symbolizes the most numerous and weakest piece in chess, often used in discussions about strategy, sacrifice, or underdogs. People use it to refer to something expendable or as a metaphor for advancing step by step. It appears in contexts of board games, military tactics, or life lessons.
Unicode name
A chess pawn, the smallest and most numerous piece in the game of chess.
Platform designs
Apple
In Apple's design, the pawn looks like a realistic, dark gray chess piece with a rounded base and a small ball on top.
Google
In Google's Noto design, the pawn is a flat, simple silhouette in dark gray with a minimal, rounded shape.
Twitter
In Twitter's Twemoji design, the pawn is a slightly shaded, dark gray piece with a simple, recognizable silhouette.
Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which category does ♟️ chess pawn belong to?
♟️ chess pawn belongs to the activities category, which contains 85 emojis.
Which Unicode version added ♟️ chess pawn?
♟️ chess pawn was added in Emoji 11. Its codepoint is U+265F, made up of 1 code points.
