Technical information

Symbol
NameLow asterisk
Unicode numberU+204E
CategoryAsterisk
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⁎, or U+204E, is known as the "Low Asterisk". It is part of the "General Punctuation" block and is categorized under the "Punctuation, Other" category in the Unicode standard. As the name suggests, it is an asterisk that is positioned lower than a standard asterisk. The low asterisk is a symbol made up of a small, six-pointed figure that typically represents an omission, a reference to a footnote, or a multiplication operation. It appears near the baseline of the text, as opposed to the standard asterisk which is typically positioned in the middle of the line. The appearance of the low asterisk can vary depending on the font and size used.

Encoding

HTML Entity⁎
HTML Entity (hex)⁎
URL Escape Code%E2%81%8E
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x81 0x8E
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10000001:10001110
UTF-160x204E
UTF-320x0000204E

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u204E"
CSS Code\204E
JavaScript"\u204E"
Perl\x{204E}
Python 2u"\u204E"
Python 3\u204E
Ruby\u{204E}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ⁎ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

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72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8270;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\204E";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References