Technical information

Symbol
NameBlack four pointed star
Unicode numberU+2726
CategoryStarsCusp shapes
DescriptionThe Unicode character ✦, or U+2726, is known as the "Black Four Pointed Star". This character is a part of the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block and is categorized as an "Other Symbol" in the Unicode standard. The Black Four Pointed Star is essentially a filled-in star symbol with four points. It is commonly used in various contexts to represent a star or to give emphasis to specific pieces of text. It can also be seen in graphic designs, decorations, or in digital interfaces as a representation of a star, an emblem, or a decorative bullet point. Depending on its usage, it can hold different meanings and convey different ideas.

Encoding

HTML Entity✦
HTML Entity (hex)✦
URL Escape Code%E2%9C%A6
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9C 0xA6
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011100:10100110
UTF-160x2726
UTF-320x00002726

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2726"
CSS Code\2726
JavaScript"\u2726"
Perl\x{2726}
Python 2u"\u2726"
Python 3\u2726
Ruby\u{2726}

Preview

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

Font size:

12px
16px
20px
28px
36px
48px
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>&#10022;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2726";
}

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