Unicode Character "✻" (U+273B)

The character ✻ (Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+273B. 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 Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk
Unicode Codepoint U+273B
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+273B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ✻
HTML (hex) ✻
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9C%BB
CSS \00273B
JavaScript, JSON \u273B
C, C++, Java \u273B
Python \u273B
Rust \u{273B}
Ruby \u273B

How to type "✻"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9C 0xBB
UTF-16 (hex) 0x273B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000273B

References