✪
Technical information
| Symbol | ✪ | |
| Name | Circled white star | |
| Unicode number | U+272A | |
| Category | Stars | |
| Description | The Unicode character ✪, or U+272A, is named "Circled White Star". It belongs to the "Dingbats" block, which consists of miscellaneous symbols, arrows, and ornamental marks. This character is categorized under "Symbol, Other". Visually, it represents a star, typically with five points, that is encircled. The term "white" in its name refers to the unshaded nature of the star symbol, not its color, which can vary depending on the text color in use. This symbol is often used in a variety of contexts, including to denote quality or excellence (as in a review rating), to symbolize nighttime or space, or to add decorative emphasis. In digital communications, it's commonly used to catch attention or to highlight certain points. The specific usage of this symbol can vary based on the context. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ✪ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ✪ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%9C%AA | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x9C 0xAA | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10011100:10101010 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x272A | |
| UTF-32 | 0x0000272A |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u272A" | |
| CSS Code | \272A | |
| JavaScript | "\u272A" | |
| Perl | \x{272A} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u272A" | |
| Python 3 | \u272A | |
| Ruby | \u{272A} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ✪ in sentence and in bold like this ✪ and in italic like this ✪.
input-group
Font size:
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12px
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16px
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20px
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28px
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36px
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48px
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72px
CSS Property: font-weight
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100
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200
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300
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400
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500
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600
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700
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800
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900
HTML Forms and Input
input
disabled input
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select
button
button
Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>✪</span>
span {
content: "\272A";
}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