Answers.Body: <p>Since XiangQi symbols are Chinese characters and Chinese characters are part of Unicode, you can certainly identify and use these characters to specify XiangQi symbols.</p>
  
  <p>For example by copying the characters from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiangqi#Pieces" rel="nofollow">XiangQi wiki page</a> into this <a href="http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/converter-unicode.html" rel="nofollow">translation tool.</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks, @BlindKungFuMaster. That's true, but I would expect a set of chars with the design of the Xiangqi pieces... And if I remember, I saw them in the past, inside a special character listing.
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Answers.Text: The design of Xiangqi pieces consists of the Chinese characters. And the Chinese characters are actually used to notate moves, for example in the wiki article I linked. Do you mean an additional circle around the char?
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Answers.Text: Yes, exactly. It would be awesome, if it exists.
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Answers.Text: Apparently there was a proposal to make Xiangqi symbols part of unicode in 2010, but I can't find out whether it actually happened: http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10368-n3910.pdf
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Answers.Text: You could also try to find out whether you can combine Chinese characters with an enclosing circle, like in this question: http://superuser.com/questions/312966/using-the-combining-enclosing-circle-character-in-word
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Answers.Body: <p>Xiangqi symbols are now in Unicode 11.0, in the block <a href="https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1FA00.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Chess Symbols: U+1FA00–U+1FA6F</a>.</p>
  <ul>
  <li>1FA60  XIANGQI RED GENERAL<br />
  = hóng shuài</li>
  <li>1FA61  XIANGQI RED MANDARIN<br />
  = hóng shì</li>
  <li>1FA62  XIANGQI RED ELEPHANT<br />
  = hóng xiàng</li>
  <li>1FA63  XIANGQI RED HORSE<br />
  = hóng mǎ</li>
  <li>1FA64  XIANGQI RED CHARIOT<br />
  = hóng jū</li>
  <li>1FA65  XIANGQI RED CANNON<br />
  = hóng pào</li>
  <li>1FA66  XIANGQI RED SOLDIER<br />
  = hóng bīng</li>
  <li>1FA67  XIANGQI BLACK GENERAL<br />
  = hēi jiàng</li>
  <li>1FA68  XIANGQI BLACK MANDARIN<br />
  = hēi shì</li>
  <li>1FA69  XIANGQI BLACK ELEPHANT<br />
  = hēi xiàng</li>
  <li>1FA6A  XIANGQI BLACK HORSE<br />
  = hēi mǎ</li>
  <li>1FA6B  XIANGQI BLACK CHARIOT<br />
  = hēi jū</li>
  <li>1FA6C  XIANGQI BLACK CANNON<br />
  = hēi pào</li>
  <li>1FA6D  XIANGQI BLACK SOLDIER<br />
  = hēi zú</li>
  </ul>
  
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Body: <p>Since <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_symbols_in_Unicode" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Chess</strong> symbols are part of Unicode</a>, I would like to know if <strong>Xiangqi</strong> symbols would be too.</p>
  
  <p>If they are, where can we find them?<br>
  If they are not, is there a way to find some... in Unicode for instance?</p>
  
Tags: <xiangqi>
Title: Xiangqi symbols in Unicode
ThreadText: # Xiangqi symbols in Unicode
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-31)
  
  Since [**Chess** symbols are part of Unicode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_symbols_in_Unicode), I would like to know if **Xiangqi** symbols would be too.
  
  If they are, where can we find them?  
  If they are not, is there a way to find some... in Unicode for instance?
  
  **Tags:** xiangqi
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-31. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  Since XiangQi symbols are Chinese characters and Chinese characters are part of Unicode, you can certainly identify and use these characters to specify XiangQi symbols.
  
  For example by copying the characters from the [XiangQi wiki page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiangqi#Pieces) into this [translation tool.](http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/converter-unicode.html)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks, @username_1. That's true, but I would expect a set of chars with the design of the Xiangqi pieces... And if I remember, I saw them in the past, inside a special character listing.  
  > **username_1**: The design of Xiangqi pieces consists of the Chinese characters. And the Chinese characters are actually used to notate moves, for example in the wiki article I linked. Do you mean an additional circle around the char?  
  > **username_0**: Yes, exactly. It would be awesome, if it exists.  
  > **username_1**: Apparently there was a proposal to make Xiangqi symbols part of unicode in 2010, but I can't find out whether it actually happened: http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10368-n3910.pdf  
  > **username_1**: You could also try to find out whether you can combine Chinese characters with an enclosing circle, like in this question: http://superuser.com/questions/312966/using-the-combining-enclosing-circle-character-in-word  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-06-05. Score: 6
  
  Xiangqi symbols are now in Unicode 11.0, in the block [Chess Symbols: U+1FA00–U+1FA6F](https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1FA00.pdf).
  
  * 1FA60 XIANGQI RED GENERAL  
    = hóng shuài
  * 1FA61 XIANGQI RED MANDARIN  
    = hóng shì
  * 1FA62 XIANGQI RED ELEPHANT  
    = hóng xiàng
  * 1FA63 XIANGQI RED HORSE  
    = hóng mǎ
  * 1FA64 XIANGQI RED CHARIOT  
    = hóng jū
  * 1FA65 XIANGQI RED CANNON  
    = hóng pào
  * 1FA66 XIANGQI RED SOLDIER  
    = hóng bīng
  * 1FA67 XIANGQI BLACK GENERAL  
    = hēi jiàng
  * 1FA68 XIANGQI BLACK MANDARIN  
    = hēi shì
  * 1FA69 XIANGQI BLACK ELEPHANT  
    = hēi xiàng
  * 1FA6A XIANGQI BLACK HORSE  
    = hēi mǎ
  * 1FA6B XIANGQI BLACK CHARIOT  
    = hēi jū
  * 1FA6C XIANGQI BLACK CANNON  
    = hēi pào
  * 1FA6D XIANGQI BLACK SOLDIER  
    = hēi zú
  
  
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