Unicode Character "✫" (U+272B)

The character (Open Centre Black Star) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+272B. 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 Open Centre Black Star
Unicode Codepoint U+272B
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+272B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ✫
HTML (hex) ✫
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9C%AB
CSS \00272B
JavaScript, JSON \u272B
C, C++, Java \u272B
Python \u272B
Rust \u{272B}
Ruby \u272B

How to type "✫"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9C 0xAB
UTF-16 (hex) 0x272B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000272B

References