Star (glyph)

"★" redirects here. For the David Bowie album stylized as such, see Blackstar (album).

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"❂" redirects here. For the similar symbol, see Blue Sky with a White Sun.

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
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

See also: Five-pointed star

Name	Character	Code point
combining asterisk above	⃰	U+20F0
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
Arabic five-pointed star [a]	٭	U+066D

See also

• Mullet (heraldry)
• Pentagram

Six points

Name	Character	Code point	Notes
asterisk operator	∗	U+2217	May be used for the telephone star key. [2]
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
full width asterisk	＊	U+FF0A
Six spoke asterisk, various weights	🞵🞶🞷 🞸🞹🞺	U+1F7B5 to U+1F7BA
Star of Life		(none)

See also

• Seal of Solomon
• Hexagram

Seven points

• Commonwealth Star
• Heptagram

Eight points

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

Name	Character	Code point
nine pointed white star (Baháʼí star)	🟙	U+1F7D9

See also

• Enneagram

Ten points

• Decagram

Eleven points

Name	Character	Code point
Bamum script (Phase C) nten		U+168D4

• Hendecagram

Twelve points

Name	Character	Code point
twelve-pointed black star	✹	U+2739

See also

• Blue Sky with a White Sun
• Dodecagram

Thirteen points

• Tridecagram

Fourteen points

• Tetradecagram

Fifteen points

• Pentadecagram

Sixteen points

Name	Character	Code point
sixteen pointed asterisk	✺	U+273A

See also

• Hexadecagram

Multiple stars

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

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]

References

1. "ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR (U+066D) Font Support". fileformat.info.
2. "Mathematical operators". Unicode.org.

See also

• Asterisk
• Asterism (typography)
• Unicode symbols
• Solar symbols § Modern pictogram
• Star polygon
• Polygons
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