Technical information

Symbol
NameSparkles
Unicode numberU+2728
CategoryEmoji stars
DescriptionThe Unicode character ✨, or U+2728, is known as "Sparkles". It is part of the "Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs" block and falls into the "Symbol" category in the Unicode standard. This character is often used in digital communication to indicate glitter, sparkle, or shine, and to add a sense of magic, excitement, or a celebratory tone. It's frequently seen in social media posts, text messages, and digital artwork. Despite its whimsical nature, the character doesn't have a specific function in standard programming languages.

Encoding

HTML Entity✨
HTML Entity (hex)✨
URL Escape Code%E2%9C%A8
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9C 0xA8
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011100:10101000
UTF-160x2728
UTF-320x00002728

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2728"
CSS Code\2728
JavaScript"\u2728"
Perl\x{2728}
Python 2u"\u2728"
Python 3\u2728
Ruby\u{2728}

Preview

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

Font size:

12px
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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>&#10024;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2728";
}

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