Star (glyph) explained
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
Name | Character | Code point |
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Black four-pointed star | ✦ | U+2726 |
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White four-pointed star | ✧ | U+2727 |
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Sparkles (emoji) | ✨ | U+2728 |
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Square lozenge ("pillow") | < | --On most systems the square lozenge is tiny and its shape is subtle. Therefore we show it extra big here and with a list of possibly clearer fonts. Unfortunately not every font is suitable, because if its square lozenge is too large, it won't fit. And we cannot reduce its size either, because if the reader has none of the suggested fonts, it would probably display tiny.-->⌑ | U+2311 |
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Bamum script (Phase D) shii | | U+16954 | |
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Five points
See also: Five-pointed star.
Name | Character | Code point |
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asterisk operator | ∗ | U+2217 |
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star equals | ≛ | U+225B |
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star operator | ⋆ | U+22C6 |
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APL functional symbol circle star | ⍟ | U+235F |
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APL functional symbol star diaeresis | ⍣ | U+2363 |
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black star | ★ | U+2605 |
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white star | ☆ | U+2606 |
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star and crescent | ☪ | U+262A |
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outlined white star | < | --Make the pentagrams bigger so the interlacing is visible.-->⚝ | U+269D |
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pentagram | ⛤ | U+26E4 |
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right-handed interlaced pentagram | ⛥ | U+26E5 |
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left-handed interlaced pentagram | ⛦ | U+26E6 |
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inverted pentagram | ⛧ | U+26E7 |
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stress outlined white star | ✩ | U+2729 |
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circled white star | ✪ | U+272A |
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open center black star | ✫ | U+272B |
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black center white star | ✬ | U+272C |
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outlined black star | ✭ | U+272D |
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heavy outlined black star | ✮ | U+272E |
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pinwheel star | ✯ | U+272F |
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shadowed white star | ✰ | U+2730 |
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white medium star | ⭐ | U+2B50 |
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black small star | ⭑ | U+2B51 |
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white small star | ⭒ | U+2B52 |
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glowing star | | U+1F31F |
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shooting star | | U+1F320 |
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Bamum script (Phase D) ngkeuri | | U+16910 |
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low asterisk | ⁎ | U+204E |
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full width asterisk | * | U+FF0A |
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Arabic five-pointed star | ٭ | U+066D | |
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See also
Six points
Name | Character | Code point |
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combining asterisk above | ⃰ | U+20F0 |
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Star of David | ✡ | U+2721 |
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six-pointed black star | ✶ | U+2736 |
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Slavonic asterisk | ꙳ | U+A673 |
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six-pointed star with middle dot/hexagram | | U+1F52F |
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vai full stop | ꘎ | U+A60E |
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Six spoke asterisk, various weights | | U+1F7B5 to U+1F7BA |
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See also
Seven points
Eight points
Name | Character | Code point |
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Bengali script section mark | ⁕ | U+2055 |
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Rejang script section mark | | U+A95F |
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eight-pointed black star | ✴ | U+2734 |
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eight-pointed pinwheel star | ✵ | U+2735 |
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eight-pointed rectilinear black star | ✷ | U+2737 |
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heavy eight-pointed rectilinear black star | ✸ | U+2738 |
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circled open center eight-pointed star | ❂ | U+2742 |
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eight-pointed cuneiform star | | U+1202D |
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| ۞ | U+06DE |
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Bamum script (Phase D) ngkyee | | U+16913 | |
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Nine points
See also
Ten points
Eleven points
Twelve points
See also
Thirteen points
Fourteen points
Fifteen points
Sixteen points
See also
Multiple stars
Name | Character | Code point | - of Stars
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sparkles (emoji) | ✨ | U+2728 | 3 (18 including background stars) |
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two asterisks aligned vertically | ⁑ | U+2051 | 2 |
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asterism | ⁂ | U+2042 | 3 |
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Canadian syllabics tth | ᕯ | U+156F | 2 |
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Bamum script (Phase D) ndeux | | U+16909 | 2 | |
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See also