Technical information

Symbol
NameWhite four pointed star
Unicode numberU+2727
CategoryStarsCusp shapes
DescriptionThe Unicode character "✧", or U+2727, is known as the "White Four Pointed Star". This character is part of the "Dingbats" block and is categorized under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. As its name suggests, it visually represents a four-pointed star that is not filled in, meaning that the interior of the star is white or transparent, and only the outline of the star is visible. This symbol is often used in various visual contexts to represent a star or to add emphasis or decoration.

Encoding

HTML Entity✧
HTML Entity (hex)✧
URL Escape Code%E2%9C%A7
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9C 0xA7
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011100:10100111
UTF-160x2727
UTF-320x00002727

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2727"
CSS Code\2727
JavaScript"\u2727"
Perl\x{2727}
Python 2u"\u2727"
Python 3\u2727
Ruby\u{2727}

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>&#10023;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2727";
}

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