Unicode has no royal section, so Crown, U+1F451, is filed under clothing. Crown emoji copy and paste is one press of Copy above, and 65 more sit below: royals, chess kings and queens, tridents, ASCII crowns and 15 combos.
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Search reads Unicode names and Unicode's search words, so regal finds Person with crown, knights finds Fleur-de-lis, and poseidon finds the trident, the merman and three more. The three royals and the three merfolk take skin tones, and the tone row sets all six at once. The crown has none to take.
Which crowns survive the trip
Crown and Princess date from Emoji 0.6, the oldest version. Person with crown is from Emoji 14.0, and a phone older than that shows an empty box. The chess pieces, ♆ and Ψ are not emoji: they are text, and take the colour of your words. The hieroglyphs need a font that has them.
Tips
For a fleur de lis symbol in plain text, switch to Text style: Fleur-de-lis is the only tile with a text form, U+269C plus U+FE0E.
For a trident symbol where emoji are refused, use ♆, the astronomers' sign for Neptune, or Ψ, a Greek letter that looks the part.
Chess pieces are ordinary text. If a name field throws the crown out, try ♛ or ♕. The crowned names are built on them.
Questions and answers
Is there a queen emoji?
No emoji is called queen, and none is called king. CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, files queen under Crown and Princess, and king under Crown and Prince. Person with crown has no gender in its name. Chess queens ♛ and ♕ are plain text.
Why is the crown filed under clothing?
It sits in the group Objects, subgroup clothing, between the hair pick and the woman's hat: headwear, as far as the standard cares. Its wearers are filed with the people. CLDR pulls them together: king, queen, royal and royalty all lead to the crown.
What is the trident emblem?
Unicode's name for U+1F531. A trident is a three-pronged spear: the tool of Poseidon in Greek myth and Neptune in Roman, and in Hinduism the weapon of Shiva, called a trishula. CLDR files the emoji under poseidon, anchor and ship.
👑CrownU+1F451. The one this page is named for. Unicode files it under clothing, between the hair pick and the woman's hat, and CLDR adds the search words king, queen, royal and win. Emoji 0.6.
🫅Person with crownU+1FAC5. Royalty with no gender in the name, and the newest of the four. CLDR adds monarch, noble and regal. Emoji 14.0.
🤴PrinceU+1F934. The nearest thing to a king emoji: CLDR lists king for him and for the crown, and for nothing else. Emoji 3.0.
👸PrincessU+1F478. The nearest thing to a queen emoji: no emoji is named queen, and CLDR lists the word for her and for the crown. Emoji 0.6.
Show all 66 crowns (62 more)
Fleur-de-lis and tridents 11
🝒Alchemical starred tridentU+1F752 Alchemical symbol for starred trident. The same, with a star. It needs the same font.
🝑Alchemical tridentU+1F751 Alchemical symbol for trident. The alchemists had a trident of their own. It shows as an empty box where no font has the alchemical symbols.
⚜️Fleur-de-lisU+269C U+FE0F. A stylised lily from heraldry; the name is French for lily flower. It has a plain text form, so Text style gives it the colour of your words. Emoji 1.0.
ΨGreek capital psiU+03A8 Greek capital letter psi. A letter, not a trident, though the shape disagrees. It goes anywhere letters go.
ψGreek small psiU+03C8 Greek small letter psi. The lower-case letter, for a trident that sits lower in the line.
🧜♀️MermaidU+1F9DC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. CLDR lists trident for her as well. Emoji 5.0.
🧜♂️MermanU+1F9DC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. CLDR files him under trident, Poseidon, Neptune and Triton, and he takes skin tones. Emoji 5.0.
🧜MerpersonU+1F9DC. The third of the merfolk under the search word trident. Emoji 5.0.
♆Neptune, the planet signU+2646 Neptune. The sign astronomers use for the planet, which is the sea god's trident. Not an emoji, so it takes the colour and size of your words.
⋔PitchforkU+22D4 Pitchfork. A mathematical operator. Unicode's notes give its other name as proper intersection.
🔱Trident emblemU+1F531. Three prongs on a stem. CLDR files it under poseidon, anchor and ship. Emoji 0.6.
Chess, draughts and cards 12
♚Black chess kingU+265A Black chess king. The filled king. Black is the side in chess, not a colour setting.
♛Black chess queenU+265B Black chess queen. The filled queen, and the heaviest crown in plain text.
⛃Black draughts kingU+26C3 Black draughts king. The filled stack, for the other side of the board.
🂾King of hearts cardU+1F0BE Playing card king of hearts. Her opposite number, from the same block of 82 characters: 81 card faces and one card back.
🂮King of spades cardU+1F0AE Playing card king of spades. The king of the black suit.
🨀Neutral chess kingU+1FA00 Neutral chess king. Half white, half black, from a block Unicode added for heterodox chess games. It shows as an empty box where no font has that block.
🨁Neutral chess queenU+1FA01 Neutral chess queen. The queen from the same block, with the same need for a font.
🂽Queen of hearts cardU+1F0BD Playing card queen of hearts. A whole playing card in one character. Small at text size, so give it room.
🂭Queen of spades cardU+1F0AD Playing card queen of spades. The queen of the black suit.
♔White chess kingU+2654 White chess king. The king of chess notation, in outline. Not an emoji: it takes the colour and size of the words around it.
♕White chess queenU+2655 White chess queen. The outlined queen. Worth a try where a name field refuses emoji.
⛁White draughts kingU+26C1 White draughts king. Two pieces stacked. In draughts, or checkers, a piece that reaches the far row is crowned by putting a second one on top.
Older crowns 12
𓋚Atef crown hieroglyphU+132DA Egyptian hieroglyph S008. Unicode describes it as the Atef crown with ram horns and a sun disk.
𓋙Blue crown hieroglyphU+132D9 Egyptian hieroglyph S007. Unicode describes it in three words: the blue crown.
冕Ceremonial crown, as a Han characterU+5195 CJK unified ideograph-5195. Unihan defines it as crown; ceremonial cap.
冠Crown, as a Han characterU+51A0 CJK unified ideograph-51A0. Unihan defines it as cap, crown, headgear.
𓋖Double crown hieroglyphU+132D6 Egyptian hieroglyph S005. The two crowns as one: Unicode describes the white crown worn within the red crown.
帝Emperor, as a Han characterU+5E1D CJK unified ideograph-5E1D. Unihan defines it as supreme ruler, emperor; god.
皇Imperial, as a Han characterU+7687 CJK unified ideograph-7687. Unihan defines it as royal, imperial; ruler, superior.
王King, as a Han characterU+738B CJK unified ideograph-738B. Unihan defines it as king, ruler; royal. Three strokes across and one down.
𐇘Phaistos disc tiaraU+101D8 Phaistos disc sign tiara. A sign from the Phaistos disc that Unicode names tiara. It shows as an empty box where no font has the disc's signs.
后Queen, as a Han characterU+540E CJK unified ideograph-540E. Unihan defines it as queen, empress, sovereign. In simplified Chinese the same character also writes behind and after, so context does the work.
𓋔Red crown hieroglyphU+132D4 Egyptian hieroglyph S003. Unicode describes it as the red crown of Lower Egypt.
𓋑White crown hieroglyphU+132D1 Egyptian hieroglyph S001. Unicode describes it as the white crown of Upper Egypt. It shows as an empty box where no font has hieroglyphs.
Crowned names and lines 8
♔ 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰 ♔King in bold script, outlined crowns
♕ 𝓠𝓾𝓮𝓮𝓷 ♕Queen in bold script, outlined crowns
♚ 𝕶𝖎𝖓𝖌 ♚King in bold Fraktur, filled crowns
♛ 𝕼𝖚𝖊𝖊𝖓 ♛Queen in bold Fraktur, filled crowns
♛♕♛♕♛Row of queens, for a divider
⚜︎ ─────── ⚜︎Rule between two fleurs-de-lis, text form
꧁♛꧂Crown in a Javanese ornamental frame
----EASCII trident, prongs to the right
ASCII crowns 4
Jewelled crownThree points, three jewels, a band. Plain ASCII, 17 columns wide.
Small crownThree lines of plain ASCII. It holds its shape wherever the text is monospaced.
TiaraLower and wider than a crown, as tiaras are. Plain ASCII, 19 columns wide.
TridentSix lines of plain ASCII, prongs up.
Crown combos 15
👑🎂🎉Birthday royaltyCrown, then birthday cake, then party popper. Works for a birthday queen or a birthday king: the crown does not check.
🙇👑Bow downPerson bowing, then crown. The bow comes first, then the reason for it.
♟️👑CheckmateChess pawn, then crown. Chess pawn is the only chess piece with an emoji style. The kings and queens are further down, as text.
👑💎💍Crown jewelsCrown, then gem stone, then ring. The full set, minus the guards.
✨👑✨Crowned in sparklesSparkles, then crown, then sparkles. The bio classic.
👑🎭Drama queenCrown, then performing arts. Said with love, presumably.
✨⚜️✨Fleur-de-lis in sparklesSparkles, then fleur-de-lis, then sparkles. This one copies the emoji form. For the plain text lily, use its own tile and Text style.
👑🏰King of the castleCrown, then castle. The castle is the European one; Unicode has a Japanese castle too.
🦁👑King of the jungleLion, then crown. The lion goes first. It would insist.
⚜️⚔️🛡️KnightlyFleur-de-lis, then crossed swords, then shield. CLDR files Fleur-de-lis under knights, and this is why.
👑🐝Queen beeCrown, then honeybee. For whoever runs the hive.
👑💅✨Queen energyCrown, then nail polish, then sparkles. Unbothered, with a fresh coat.
🤴👸Royal couplePrince, then princess. One of each. For tones, copy them one at a time from the first row.
🔱🌊🧜♂️Sea kingTrident emblem, then water wave, then merman. The trident is the tool of Poseidon in Greek myth and Neptune in Roman.
🏆👑Took the crownTrophy, then crown. CLDR files Crown under the search word win, so this one is on the record.