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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Six points
[edit]| 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
[edit]Seven points
[edit]Eight points
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Name | Character | Code point |
|---|---|---|
| nine pointed white star (Baháʼí star) | 🟙 | U 1F7D9 |
See also
[edit]Ten points
[edit]Eleven points
[edit]| Name | Character | Code point |
|---|---|---|
| Bamum script (Phase C) nten |  |
U 168D4 |
Twelve points
[edit]| Name | Character | Code point |
|---|---|---|
| twelve-pointed black star | ✹ | U 2739 |
See also
[edit]Thirteen points
[edit]Fourteen points
[edit]Fifteen points
[edit]Sixteen points
[edit]| Name | Character | Code point |
|---|---|---|
| sixteen pointed asterisk | ✺ | U 273A |
See also
[edit]Multiple stars
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ "ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR (U 066D) Font Support". fileformat.info.