What 🩊 means
Yes. Either side may move or capture it. Its hurdle is halfway along a straight path from start to finish; the hurdle is not captured. English rules let pieces on that route block the move; Nonstop rules ignore them.
George Leathem introduced the English form in 1938. Chessics, a fairy-chess magazine, called the Nonstop form Equileaper in July 1976; its origin remained unclear as of 2022.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 🩊 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 🩊
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1FA4A, then Alt+X to get 🩊.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “neutral chess equihopper”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1fa4a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
🩊CSS
\1FA4AFont
Text character, not emoji artwork. A blank or box can mean the font lacks Chess Symbols; use one that supports it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🩊
HTML hex
🩊
CSS content
content: "\1FA4A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A9%8A
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.