Unicode Character "✬" (U+272C)

The character ✬ (Black Centre White Star) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+272C. 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 Black Centre White Star
Unicode Codepoint U+272C
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+272C Conversion

HTML (decimal) ✬
HTML (hex) ✬
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9C%AC
CSS \00272C
JavaScript, JSON \u272C
C, C++, Java \u272C
Python \u272C
Rust \u{272C}
Ruby \u272C

How to type "✬"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9C 0xAC
UTF-16 (hex) 0x272C
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000272C

References