Unicode Character "*" (U+002A)

The character * (Asterisk) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+002A. It is encoded in the Basic Latin block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as *.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Asterisk
Unicode Codepoint U+002A
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Basic Latin
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Punctuation
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+002A Conversion

HTML (decimal) *
HTML (hex) *
HTML (named) *
URL Escape Code %2A
CSS \00002A
JavaScript, JSON \u002A
C, C++, Java \u002A
Python \u002A
Rust \u{002A}
Ruby \u002A

How to type "*"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 0 2 A. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 0 2 A. Release Alt.

Preview

  • *
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • *
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • *
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0x2A
UTF-16 (hex) 0x002A
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000002A

Characters based on "*" (U+002A)

References