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]   U 16954

Five points

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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

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Six points

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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  

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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   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   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 U 156F 2
Bamum script (Phase D) ndeux   U 16909 2

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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]

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  1. ^ "ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR (U 066D) Font Support". fileformat.info.

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