Technical information

Symbol
NameSixteen pointed asterisk
Unicode numberU+273A
CategoryAsterisk
DescriptionThe Unicode character ✺, or U+273A, is known as the "Sixteen Pointed Asterisk". It belongs to the "Dingbats" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. As the name suggests, this symbol is an asterisk with sixteen points. This symbol is a more stylized and decorative version of a traditional asterisk, and its use can vary greatly depending on the context. Like other asterisks, it's often used to denote footnotes or to emphasize certain parts of a text.

Encoding

HTML Entity✺
HTML Entity (hex)✺
URL Escape Code%E2%9C%BA
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9C 0xBA
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011100:10111010
UTF-160x273A
UTF-320x0000273A

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u273A"
CSS Code\273A
JavaScript"\u273A"
Perl\x{273A}
Python 2u"\u273A"
Python 3\u273A
Ruby\u{273A}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ✺ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

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72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#10042;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\273A";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References