Typographical glyph
"★" redirects here. For the David Bowie album stylized as such, see
Blackstar (album).
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 .
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
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
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
Name Character Code point nine pointed white star (Baháʼí star ) 🟙 U+1F7D9
Name Character Code point Bamum script (Phase C) nten U+168D4
Name Character Code point twelve-pointed black star ✹ U+2739
Name Character Code point sixteen pointed asterisk ✺ U+273A
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
^ 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] 
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