Spade symbol
Type :spade: · Shapes & stars
Unicode name Black Spade Suit · Miscellaneous Symbols block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What ♠ is for
The spade suit. Along with the other three suits it renders as plain text everywhere, which is why card notation in forums and chess-style diagrams still uses these rather than emoji.
How to type ♠
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:spade: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex
Input source and type 2660 with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 2660 then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:spade: On the web
HTML ♠
Unicode U+2660
JavaScript '\u{2660}'
CSS "\2660"
Python '\u2660'
URL %E2%99%A0
More from shapes & stars
:small_empty_square: ▲ :up_triangle: △ :up_triangle_outline: ▼ :down_triangle: ▶ :play_right_triangle: ◀ :left_triangle: ♣ :club: ♥ :heartsuit: ♦ :diamond_suit: ★ :star_filled: ☆ :star_outline: ✦ :four_pointed_star: Every symbol and kaomoji is in the full gallery .
Tired of copying ♠ from pages like this one?
That is exactly what the extension removes. Here is the whole interaction, in every text field you already use:
You type
You get
Your keyboard already knows what you mean
Free, 290 KB, no account. Two letters from now you will never open an emoji panel again.
