Star (grapheme)
In typography, a star is any of several graphemes with a number of points arrayed within an imaginary circle. A commonly used star symbol is the asterisk.
The list below is arranged by number of points typically found on the star grapheme, but this may differ according which font is in use. Type designers may specify a glyph for a particular grapheme that has a different number of points. For example, whether the asterisk grapheme has a five or a six point glyph depends on typeface (computer font) being used. In this article, the glyphs displayed are determined by the system font on the reader's computer operating systems and web browsers: a colleague using a different system may see slightly different forms. For the same reason, some glyphs may be shown on some systems in their emoji variant rather than their text form.
Four points
✦ ✧ ✨ ⌑ 𖥔
- U+2726 ✦ BLACK FOUR POINTED STAR (any solid colour, such as ✦)
- U+2727 ✧ WHITE FOUR POINTED STAR (any outline colour, such as ✧)
- U+2728 ✨ SPARKLES
- U+2311 ⌑ SQUARE LOZENGE
- U+16954 𖥔 BAMUM LETTER PHASE-D SHII
Five points
* *️⃣ ◌⃰ ≛ ⋆ ⍟ ⍣ ★ ☆ ☪ ☪️ ⚝ ⛤ ⛥ ⛦ ⛧ ✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ ⭐ ⭑ ⭒ 🌟 🌠 𖤐 ٭
- U+002A * ASTERISK
- When combined with U+FE0F ◌️ VARIATION SELECTOR-16 and U+20E3 ◌⃣ COMBINING ENCLOSING KEYCAP this character is displayed as the emoji Keycap Asterisk: *️⃣
- U+20F0 ◌⃰ COMBINING ASTERISK ABOVE
- U+225B ≛ STAR EQUALS
- U+22C6 ⋆ STAR OPERATOR
- U+235F ⍟ APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL CIRCLE STAR
- U+2363 ⍣ APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL STAR DIAERESIS
- U+2605 ★ BLACK STAR
- U+2606 ☆ WHITE STAR
- U+262A ☪ STAR AND CRESCENT
- This character has an emoji presentation (☪️) when used with U+FE0F ️ VARIATION SELECTOR-16.
- U+269D ⚝ OUTLINED WHITE STAR
- U+26E4 ⛤ PENTAGRAM
- U+26E5 ⛥ RIGHT-HANDED INTERLACED PENTAGRAM
- U+26E6 ⛦ LEFT-HANDED INTERLACED PENTAGRAM
- U+26E7 ⛧ INVERTED PENTAGRAM
- U+2729 ✩ STRESS OUTLINED WHITE STAR
- U+272A ✪ CIRCLED WHITE STAR
- U+272B ✫ OPEN CENTRE BLACK STAR
- U+272C ✬ BLACK CENTRE WHITE STAR
- U+272D ✭ OUTLINED BLACK STAR
- U+272E ✮ HEAVY OUTLINED BLACK STAR
- U+272F ✯ PINWHEEL STAR
- U+2730 ✰ SHADOWED WHITE STAR
- U+2B50 ⭐ WHITE MEDIUM STAR
- U+2B51 ⭑ BLACK SMALL STAR
- U+2B52 ⭒ WHITE SMALL STAR
- U+1F31F 🌟 GLOWING STAR
- U+1F320 🌠 SHOOTING STAR
- U+16910 𖤐 BAMUM LETTER PHASE-D NGKEURI
- U+204E ⁎ LOW ASTERISK
- U+066D ٭ ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR[a]
See also
Six points
∗ ⚹ ✡ ✡️ ✶ ꙳ 🔯 ꘎ ＊ 🞵 🞶 🞷 🞸 🞹 🞺 
- U+2217 ∗ ASTERISK OPERATOR
- "may be used to represent the telephony asterisk seen on keypads".[2]
- U+26B9 ⚹ SEXTILE (an astrological symbol)
- U+2721 ✡ STAR OF DAVID
- This character has an emoji presentation (✡️) when used with U+FE0F ️ VARIATION SELECTOR-16.
- U+2736 ✶ SIX POINTED BLACK STAR
- U+A673 ꙳ SLAVONIC ASTERISK
- U+1F52F 🔯 SIX POINTED STAR WITH MIDDLE DOT
- U+A60E ꘎ VAI FULL STOP
- U+FF0A ＊ FULLWIDTH ASTERISK
- Six spoke asterisk, various weights
- U+1F7B5 🞵 LIGHT SIX SPOKED ASTERISK
- U+1F7B6 🞶 MEDIUM SIX SPOKED ASTERISK
- U+1F7B7 🞷 BOLD SIX SPOKED ASTERISK
- U+1F7B8 🞸 HEAVY SIX SPOKED ASTERISK
- U+1F7B9 🞹 VERY HEAVY SIX SPOKED ASTERISK
- U+1F7BA 🞺 EXTREMELY HEAVY SIX SPOKED ASTERISK
- Star of Life: (not in Unicode)
- Astronomical symbol for star:
(several Unicode characters have a similar appearance, none are identified in the standard specifically for this use)
See also
Seven points
Eight points
⁕ ꥟ ✳ ✳️ ✴ ✴️ ✵ ✷ ✸ ❂ 𒀭 ۞ 𖤓
- U+2055 ⁕ FLOWER PUNCTUATION MARK
- U+A95F ꥟ REJANG SECTION MARK
- U+2733 ✳ EIGHT SPOKED ASTERISK
- This character has an emoji presentation (✳️) when used with U+FE0F ️ VARIATION SELECTOR-16.
- U+2734 ✴ EIGHT POINTED BLACK STAR
- U+2735 ✵ EIGHT POINTED PINWHEEL STAR
- U+2737 ✷ EIGHT POINTED RECTILINEAR BLACK STAR
- U+2738 ✸ HEAVY EIGHT POINTED RECTILINEAR BLACK STAR
- U+2742 ❂ CIRCLED OPEN CENTRE EIGHT POINTED STAR
- U+1202D 𒀭 CUNEIFORM SIGN AN
- U+06DE ۞ ARABIC START OF RUB EL HIZB
- U+16913 𖤓 BAMUM LETTER PHASE-D NGKYEE
Nine points
🟙
- U+1F7D9 🟙 NINE POINTED WHITE STAR (Baháʼí symbols#Nine-pointed star)
See also
Ten points
Eleven points
𖣔
- U+168D4 𖣔 BAMUM LETTER PHASE-C NTEN
Twelve points
✹
- U+2739 ✹ TWELVE POINTED BLACK STAR
See also
Thirteen points
Fourteen points
Fifteen points
Sixteen points
✺
- U+273A ✺ SIXTEEN POINTED ASTERISK
See also
Multiple stars
✨ ⁑ ⁂ ᕯ 𖤉
- U+2728 ✨ SPARKLES (Emoji)
- U+2051 ⁑ TWO ASTERISKS ALIGNED VERTICALLY
- U+2042 ⁂ ASTERISM
- U+156F ᕯ CANADIAN SYLLABICS TTH
- U+16909 𖤉 BAMUM LETTER PHASE-D NDEUX
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
- ^ "ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR (U+066D) Font Support". fileformat.info.
- ^ "Mathematical operators". Unicode, Inc.
- ^ "Geometric Shapes Extended". Unicode, Inc.