Star (glyph)

Typographical 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

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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] |  | U+16954

## Five points

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See also: Five-pointed star

Name | Character | Code point

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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

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* Mullet (heraldry)
* Pentagram

## Six points

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Name | Character | Code point | Notes

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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

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* Seal of Solomon
* Hexagram

## Seven points

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* Commonwealth Star
* Heptagram

## Eight points

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Name | Character | Code point

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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

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Name | Character | Code point

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nine pointed white star (Baháʼí star)  | 🟙 | U+1F7D9

### See also

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* Enneagram

## Ten points

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* Decagram

## Eleven points

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Name | Character | Code point

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Bamum script (Phase C) nten  |  | U+168D4

* Hendecagram

## Twelve points

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Name | Character | Code point

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twelve-pointed black star  | ✹ | U+2739

### See also

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* Blue Sky with a White Sun
* Dodecagram

## Thirteen points

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* Tridecagram

## Fourteen points

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* Tetradecagram

## Fifteen points

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* Pentadecagram

## Sixteen points

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Name | Character | Code point

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sixteen pointed asterisk  | ✺ | U+273A

### See also

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* Hexadecagram

## Multiple stars

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Name | Character | Code point | # of Stars

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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

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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.

## See also

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* Asterisk
* Asterism (typography)
* Unicode symbols
* Solar symbols § Modern pictogram
* Star polygon
* Polygons
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