Unicode Character "✮" (U+272E)

The character ✮ (Heavy Outlined Black Star) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+272E. 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 Outlined Black Star
Unicode Codepoint U+272E
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+272E Conversion

HTML (decimal) ✮
HTML (hex) ✮
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9C%AE
CSS \00272E
JavaScript, JSON \u272E
C, C++, Java \u272E
Python \u272E
Rust \u{272E}
Ruby \u272E

How to type "✮"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9C 0xAE
UTF-16 (hex) 0x272E
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000272E

References