Unicode Character "⊛" (U+229B)

The character ⊛ (Circled Asterisk Operator) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+229B. It is encoded in the Mathematical Operators 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 Circled Asterisk Operator
Unicode Codepoint U+229B
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Mathematical Operators
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+229B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⊛
HTML (hex) ⊛
HTML (named) ⊛
URL Escape Code %E2%8A%9B
CSS \00229B
JavaScript, JSON \u229B
C, C++, Java \u229B
Python \u229B
Rust \u{229B}
Ruby \u229B

How to type "⊛"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 9 B. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 9 B. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8A 0x9B
UTF-16 (hex) 0x229B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000229B

References