Unicode Character "✤" (U+2724)

The character ✤ (Heavy Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2724. It is encoded in the Dingbats 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 Heavy Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk
Unicode Codepoint U+2724
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Dingbats
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2724 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ✤
HTML (hex) ✤
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9C%A4
CSS \002724
JavaScript, JSON \u2724
C, C++, Java \u2724
Python \u2724
Rust \u{2724}
Ruby \u2724

How to type "✤"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 7 2 4. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 7 2 4. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9C 0xA4
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2724
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002724

References