Unicode Character "⭐" (U+2B50)

The character ⭐ (White Medium Star) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2B50. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 5.1 (March, 2008). It is HTML encoded as ⭐.

Main Unicode Properties

Name White Medium Star
Unicode Codepoint U+2B50
Unicode Version 5.1 (March, 2008)
Block Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
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+2B50 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⭐
HTML (hex) ⭐
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%AD%90
CSS \002B50
JavaScript, JSON \u2B50
C, C++, Java \u2B50
Python \u2B50
Rust \u{2B50}
Ruby \u2B50

How to type "⭐"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 B 5 0. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 B 5 0. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xAD 0x90
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2B50
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002B50

References