How to type Black Diamond
To type Black Diamond (♦), press Alt + 4 on Windows, holding Alt while typing the digits on the numeric keypad, or write ♦ in HTML. On any system you can copy it from this page, or enter its codepoint U+2666 directly: Ctrl+Shift+U then 2666 on Linux, or 2666 then Alt+X in Microsoft Word.
Black Diamond Suit
- Copy it
- Unicode
- U+2666
- Windows
- Alt + 4
| Where | Shortcut | How |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Alt + 4 | Hold Alt and type the number on the numeric keypad. |
| Mac | N/A | Press the keys together. |
| HTML | ♦ | Paste this into HTML source. |
| Unicode | U+2666 | BLACK DIAMOND SUIT |
Symbols related to Black Diamond
These are filed under card and diamond in CLDR, the keyword list Unicode publishes alongside the names.
Other symbols
♦ lives in the Miscellaneous Symbols block (U+2600-U+26FF), weather, astrology, religion, games and a wide miscellany. Within Unicode it is classified as So, a symbol.
How to type ♦ in Microsoft Word
In Microsoft Word, type 2666 and press Alt + X. Word reads the four characters before the cursor as a hex codepoint and replaces them, and pressing Alt + X again turns ♦ back into 2666, which is the quickest way to check what a character really is.
What Black Diamond is used for
In mathematical notation ♦ is an ordinary symbol: it carries no special spacing and sits in an expression the way a letter does, standing for a thing rather than doing something to the things around it. That is the classification unicode-math gives it, and it is what decides how the symbol is set: $\vardiamondsuit$ in LaTeX, in maths mode rather than in a sentence.
Unicode publishes a second list of names for ♦ in CLDR, the keywords its own search data offers rather than the formal name, and they are diamond suit, card and game. Those words are what somebody looking for this character is liable to type when Black Diamond is not the name they know it by, and the search on the symbol lists matches them as well as the Unicode name.
What Unicode says about Black Diamond
The code chart points from ♦ to black diamond (U+25C6). These are the characters the standard thinks you might have meant instead, which makes them the ones worth checking when Black Diamond looks nearly right but not quite.
How Black Diamond behaves in software
♦ takes one column in a terminal. It carries no direction of its own, so in a line that mixes English with Arabic or Hebrew it takes the direction of the text around it rather than forcing one.
What people ask about Black Diamond
What does the diamond symbol mean in magic the gathering?
♦ is BLACK DIAMOND SUIT, encoded at U+2666. It is distinct from black diamond (U+25C6), which the chart lists beside it precisely because they are confused for one another.
How to make a diamond symbol on keyboard?
You can press Alt + 4 on Windows, with Num Lock on and the digits typed on the numeric keypad. That produces ♦.
How to insert diamond symbol in word?
In Word, type 2666 and press Alt+X, which converts the codepoint you just typed into ♦. Insert › Symbol › More Symbols finds it by its Unicode name, BLACK DIAMOND SUIT. Google Docs has no Alt+X, so use Alt + 4 there, or Insert › Special characters and search the same name.
Every way to write Black Diamond
| Form | Value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+2666 |
| Decimal | 9830 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 99 A6 |
| UTF-16 bytes | 26 66 |
| HTML entity | ♦ |
| HTML numeric | ♦ or ♦ |
| CSS | \2666 |
| JavaScript | \u2666 |
| Python | \u2666 |
| URL-encoded | %E2%99%A6 |
| LaTeX, in maths mode | $\vardiamondsuit$ |
| SVG | 2666.svg · (SIL Open Font License) |
If ♦ arrives as ♦
Its three UTF-8 bytes E2 99 A6 are being read one at a time as Windows-1252. The text is undamaged; the reader has to be told it is UTF-8.