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Star (glyph)

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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

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Name Character Code point
Black four-pointed star ✦ U+2726
White four-pointed star ✧ U+2727
Sparkles (emoji) ✨ U+2728
Square lozenge ("pillow") ⌑ U+2311
Bamum script (Phase D) shii[citation needed] 𖥔 U+16954

Five points

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See also: Five-pointed star
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 𖤐 U+16910
low asterisk ⁎ U+204E
Arabic five-pointed star[a] ٭ U+066D

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Six points

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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)

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Seven points

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Eight points

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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 𖤓 U+16913

Nine points

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Name Character Code point
nine pointed white star (Baháʼí star) 🟙 U+1F7D9

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Ten points

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Eleven points

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Name Character Code point
Bamum script (Phase C) nten 𖣔 U+168D4

Twelve points

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Name Character Code point
twelve-pointed black star ✹ U+2739

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Thirteen points

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Fourteen points

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Fifteen points

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Sixteen points

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Name Character Code point
sixteen pointed asterisk ✺ U+273A

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Multiple stars

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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 𖤉 U+16909 2

Notes

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  1. ^ 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

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  1. ^ "ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR (U+066D) Font Support". fileformat.info.
  2. ^ "Mathematical operators". Unicode.org.

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