Unicode Character "✯" (U+272F)

The character ✯ (Pinwheel Star) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+272F. 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 Pinwheel Star
Unicode Codepoint U+272F
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+272F Conversion

HTML (decimal) ✯
HTML (hex) ✯
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9C%AF
CSS \00272F
JavaScript, JSON \u272F
C, C++, Java \u272F
Python \u272F
Rust \u{272F}
Ruby \u272F

How to type "✯"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9C 0xAF
UTF-16 (hex) 0x272F
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000272F

References