Technical information

Symbol
NameEight pointed black star
Unicode numberU+2734
CategoryStars
DescriptionThe Unicode character ✴, or U+2734, is known as the "Eight Pointed Black Star". It belongs to the "Dingbats" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphical representation of an eight-pointed star filled in black. It's often used in various contexts to signify importance, categorize or mark items, or to add decorative elements to a text. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity✴
HTML Entity (hex)✴
URL Escape Code%E2%9C%B4
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9C 0xB4
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011100:10110100
UTF-160x2734
UTF-320x00002734

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2734"
CSS Code\2734
JavaScript"\u2734"
Perl\x{2734}
Python 2u"\u2734"
Python 3\u2734
Ruby\u{2734}

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>&#10036;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2734";
}

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