White Spade Suit

A symbol from the Chess & Cards collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

Symbol: ♤
Unicode: U+2664
HTML entity: ♤
Category: Chess & Cards

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About the white spade suit symbol

Representing the outline of a spade, this symbol is formally known as the White Spade Suit. It is read as spade and found within the Miscellaneous Symbols block. Unlike its solid counterpart, this character features a hollow center with a thin black border, making it a distinct typographic variant for the highest-ranking suit in a standard deck of cards.

Usage of this symbol primarily centers on games and recreation. It appears in digital card games to denote the spade suit or is used in tabletop gaming manuals to explain specific rules and hand rankings. Outside of gaming, it is frequently employed in social media posts and profile bios as a decorative element. Some writers also use it in text-based logic puzzles or mathematical notation to represent unique variables or categories.

How to type White Spade Suit

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options

In Word / Outlook: type 2664 then press Alt + X.
Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.

macOS

2 options

Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 2664.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.