Star (glyph)

Last updated August 20, 2025

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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

✦ ✧ ✨ ⌑ 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 (Emoji)
U+2311⌑ SQUARE LOZENGE
U+16954𖥔 BAMUM LETTER PHASE-D SHII

Five points

◌⃰ ≛ ⋆ ⍟ ⍣ ★ ☆ ☪ ⚝ ⛤ ⛥ ⛦ ⛧ ✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ ⭐ ⭑ ⭒ 🌟 🌠 𖤐 ٭

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
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+16910𖤐 BAMUM LETTER PHASE-D NGKEURI
U+204E⁎LOW ASTERISK
U+066D٭ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR^[a]

Six points

∗ ✡ ✶ ꙳ 🔯 ꘎ ＊ 🞺

U+2217∗ ASTERISK OPERATOR May be used for the telephone star key.^[2]
U+2721✡ STAR OF DAVID
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)

Seven points

Eight points

⁕ ꥟ ✴ ✵ ✷ ✸ 𒀭۞ 𖤓

U+2055⁕FLOWER PUNCTUATION MARK
U+A95F꥟ REJANG SECTION MARK
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+1202D𒀭 CUNEIFORM SIGN AN
U+06DE۞ ARABIC START OF RUB EL HIZB

U+16913𖤓 BAMUM LETTER PHASE-D NGKYEE

Nine points

🟙

U+1F7D9🟙NINE POINTED WHITE STAR (Baháʼí symbols#Nine-pointed star)

Ten points

Decagram

Eleven points

𖣔

U+168D4𖣔 BAMUM LETTER PHASE-C NTEN

Hendecagram

Twelve points

✹

U+2739✹TWELVE POINTED BLACK STAR

Thirteen points

Tridecagram

Fourteen points

Tetradecagram

Fifteen points

Pentadecagram

Sixteen points

✺

U+273A✺SIXTEEN POINTED ASTERISK

Multiple stars

✨ ⁑ ⁂ ᕯ 𖤉

U+2728✨ SPARKLES (Emoji)
U+2051⁑ TWO ASTERISKS ALIGNED VERTICALLY
U+2042⁂ ASTERISM
U+156Fᕯ CANADIAN SYLLABICS TTH
U+16909𖤉 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.org.

Star (glyph)

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Four points

Five points

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Six points

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Seven points

Eight points

Nine points

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Ten points

Eleven points

Twelve points

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Thirteen points

Fourteen points

Fifteen points

Sixteen points

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Multiple stars

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