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In typography, a star is any of several glyphs with a number of points arrayed within an imaginary circle. A commonly used star symbol is the asterisk.
Four points
Five points
| Name |
Character |
Code point
|
| combining asterisk above
|
⃰ |
U+20F0
|
| star equals
|
≛ |
U+225B
|
| star operator
|
⋆ |
U+22C6
|
| APL functional symbol circle star
|
⍟ |
U+235F
|
| APL functional symbol star diaeresis
|
⍣ |
U+2363
|
| black star
|
★ |
U+2605
|
| white star
|
☆ |
U+2606
|
| star and crescent
|
☪ |
U+262A
|
| outlined white star
|
⚝ |
U+269D
|
| pentagram
|
⛤ |
U+26E4
|
| right-handed interlaced pentagram
|
⛥ |
U+26E5
|
| left-handed interlaced pentagram
|
⛦ |
U+26E6
|
| inverted pentagram
|
⛧ |
U+26E7
|
| stress outlined white star
|
✩ |
U+2729
|
| circled white star
|
✪ |
U+272A
|
| open center black star
|
✫ |
U+272B
|
| black center white star
|
✬ |
U+272C
|
| outlined black star
|
✭ |
U+272D
|
| heavy outlined black star
|
✮ |
U+272E
|
| pinwheel star
|
✯ |
U+272F
|
| shadowed white star
|
✰ |
U+2730
|
| white medium star
|
⭐ |
U+2B50
|
| black small star
|
⭑ |
U+2B51
|
| white small star
|
⭒ |
U+2B52
|
| glowing star
|
🌟 |
U+1F31F
|
| shooting star
|
🌠 |
U+1F320
|
| Bamum script (Phase D) ngkeuri
|
 |
U+16910
|
| low asterisk
|
⁎ |
U+204E
|
| Arabic five-pointed star[a]
|
٭ |
U+066D
|
See also
Six points
| Name |
Character |
Code point |
Notes
|
| asterisk operator
|
∗ |
U+2217 |
May be used for the telephone star key.[2]
|
| Star of David
|
✡ |
U+2721
|
| six-pointed black star
|
✶ |
U+2736
|
| Slavonic asterisk
|
꙳ |
U+A673
|
| six-pointed star with middle dot/hexagram
|
🔯 |
U+1F52F
|
| Vai full stop
|
꘎ |
U+A60E
|
| full width asterisk
|
＊ |
U+FF0A
|
| Six spoke asterisk, various weights
|
🞵🞶🞷
🞸🞹🞺 |
U+1F7B5 to U+1F7BA
|
| Star of Life
|
 |
(none)
|
See also
Seven points
Eight points
| Name |
Character |
Code point
|
| Bengali script section mark
|
⁕ |
U+2055
|
| Rejang script section mark
|
 |
U+A95F
|
| eight-pointed black star
|
✴ |
U+2734
|
| eight-pointed pinwheel star
|
✵ |
U+2735
|
| eight-pointed rectilinear black star
|
✷ |
U+2737
|
| heavy eight-pointed rectilinear black star
|
✸ |
U+2738
|
| circled open center eight-pointed star
|
❂ |
U+2742
|
| eight-pointed cuneiform star
|
𒀭 |
U+1202D
|
| rub-el-hizb
|
۞ |
U+06DE
|
| Bamum script (Phase D) ngkyee
|
 |
U+16913
|
Nine points
| Name |
Character |
Code point
|
| nine pointed white star (Baháʼí star)
|
🟙 |
U+1F7D9
|
See also
Ten points
Eleven points
| Name |
Character |
Code point
|
| Bamum script (Phase C) nten
|
 |
U+168D4
|
Twelve points
| Name |
Character |
Code point
|
| twelve-pointed black star
|
✹ |
U+2739
|
See also
Thirteen points
Fourteen points
Fifteen points
Sixteen points
| Name |
Character |
Code point
|
| sixteen pointed asterisk
|
✺ |
U+273A
|
See also
Multiple stars
| Name |
Character |
Code point |
# of Stars
|
| sparkles (emoji)
|
✨ |
U+2728 |
3 (18 including background stars)
|
| two asterisks aligned vertically
|
⁑ |
U+2051 |
2
|
| asterism
|
⁂ |
U+2042 |
3
|
| Canadian syllabics tth
|
ᕯ |
U+156F |
2
|
| Bamum script (Phase D) ndeux
|
 |
U+16909 |
2
|
Notes
- ^ Although this character is defined in the Unicode reference as having five points, in some fonts it has a different number. In some, such as Arial Unicode MS, it even has six.[1]
References
See also
