Typographical glyph
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Blackstar (album).
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
asterisk operator
∗
U+2217
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
full width asterisk
＊
U+FF0A
Arabic five-pointed star [ a] ٭
U+066D
See also
Six points
Name
Character
Code point
combining asterisk above
⃰
U+20F0
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
Six spoke asterisk, various weights
🞵🞶🞷
U+1F7B5 to U+1F7BA
Star of Life
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
