Technical information

Symbol
NameOpen center asterisk
Unicode numberU+2732
CategoryAsterisk
DescriptionThe Unicode character "✲", or U+2732, is known as the "Open Centre Asterisk". It is part of the "Dingbats" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. The open center asterisk is a star-like symbol with six points extending from a hollow center. It is often used for emphasis in text or to indicate a footnote. It's different from a regular asterisk because of its open or hollow center. It's often used in more artistic or design-focused contexts due to its unique appearance.

Encoding

HTML Entity✲
HTML Entity (hex)✲
URL Escape Code%E2%9C%B2
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9C 0xB2
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011100:10110010
UTF-160x2732
UTF-320x00002732

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2732"
CSS Code\2732
JavaScript"\u2732"
Perl\x{2732}
Python 2u"\u2732"
Python 3\u2732
Ruby\u{2732}

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>&#10034;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2732";
}

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