Unicode Character "✴" (U+2734)

The character ✴ (Eight Pointed Black Star) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2734. 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 Pointed Black Star
Unicode Codepoint U+2734
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+2734 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ✴
HTML (hex) ✴
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9C%B4
CSS \002734
JavaScript, JSON \u2734
C, C++, Java \u2734
Python \u2734
Rust \u{2734}
Ruby \u2734

How to type "✴"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 7 3 4. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 7 3 4. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9C 0xB4
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2734
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002734

References