How do I type ♖?

Using keyboard layouts in Windows 10.0.27729.1000

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Use this page to find out how to type a character on given keyboard or how many keyboards contain given characters.

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The entered characters are as follows:

Hex	Dec	Name		Range	C#	HTML	URL
U+2656	9814	♖	WHITE CHESS ROOK	Miscellaneous Symbols	\u2656	♖	%E2%99%96

This text cannot be typed on any of the system layouts in Windows 10.0.27729.1000.

Custom layouts

However, the following custom-made keyboard layouts can be used to type it:

Czech Extended Chess Keyboard Layout Norwegian - CHESS Keyboard Layout	OEM 8+T
Teclado español extendido Keyboard Layout Teclado iberoamericano español Keyboard Layout Teclado iberoamericano português Keyboard Layout	CONTROLMENU+M, H
Teclado latinoamericano rkgraqvqb Keyboard Layout	CONTROLMENU+M, U

Note that virtual keys are not always at the same place. For example, Q is next to the Tab key on US keyboard but next to the Caps Lock on French keyboard. You can click on each keyboard layout to find out how it defines the mapping.

Please note current limitations of the algorithm:

First found sequence is accepted, i.e. there might be better or more common ways of typing something on given keyboard.
It is greedy, i.e. if you have keys K, KA and AH, typing KAH will be deemed impossible as the KA key will be used and there is no H key.
It does not consider edits, i.e. it will claim A is impossible to type in the previous example, even though you could use AH and backspace.
It does not combine dead keys with ligatures, i.e. if you had ˇ + C = Č rule and there were only ˇ and CE keys, typing ČE would be deemed impossible.
It does not consider normalization equivalence, i.e. composite Ó cannot by typed using O and combining acute, either as a ligature or as separate keys.