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Technical information
| Symbol | ⋆ | |
| Name | Star operator | |
| Unicode number | U+22C6 | |
| Category | Math stars | |
| Description | The Unicode character ⋆, or U+22C6, is known as the "Star Operator". It belongs to the "Mathematical Operators" block and falls under the "Symbol, Math" category in the Unicode standard. The star operator is commonly used in mathematics and computer programming to indicate multiplication or to denote various other operations depending on the context. It is a small, filled five-point star, similar to an asterisk but with more equidistant and balanced points. Its specific use can vary significantly depending on the particular field, notation, or system it's used in. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ⋆ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ⋆ | |
| HTML Entity (named) | ⋆ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%8B%86 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x8B 0x86 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10001011:10000110 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x22C6 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x000022C6 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u22C6" | |
| CSS Code | \22C6 | |
| JavaScript | "\u22C6" | |
| Perl | \x{22C6} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u22C6" | |
| Python 3 | \u22C6 | |
| Ruby | \u{22C6} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ⋆ in sentence and in bold like this ⋆ and in italic like this ⋆.
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Font size:
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48px
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72px
CSS Property: font-weight
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HTML Forms and Input
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disabled input
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button
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Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>⋆</span>
span {
content: "\22C6";
}The symbol in different fonts
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-apple-system
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Apple Color Emoji
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Arial
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BlinkMacSystemFont
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Courier New
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Georgia
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Droid Sans
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Helvetica
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Noto Sans
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Oxygen
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Roboto
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"Segoe UI"
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sans-serif
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Segoe UI Emoji
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Segoe UI Symbol
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system-ui
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Times New Roman
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Ubuntu
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Verdana