Unicode Character "✳" (U+2733)

The character ✳ (Eight Spoked Asterisk) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2733. 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 Eight Spoked Asterisk
Unicode Codepoint U+2733
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+2733 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ✳
HTML (hex) ✳
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9C%B3
CSS \002733
JavaScript, JSON \u2733
C, C++, Java \u2733
Python \u2733
Rust \u{2733}
Ruby \u2733

How to type "✳"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 7 3 3. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 7 3 3. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9C 0xB3
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2733
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002733

References