Technical information

Symbol
NameTwelve pointed black star
Unicode numberU+2739
CategoryStars
DescriptionThe Unicode character ✹, or U+2739, is known as the "Twelve Pointed Black Star". It belongs to the "Dingbats" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of a twelve-pointed star, with each of its points extending out from a central point. The star is filled in black, giving it a bold appearance. The twelve-pointed black star is often used in various contexts to represent concepts such as space, nighttime, or magic. 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%B9
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9C 0xB9
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011100:10111001
UTF-160x2739
UTF-320x00002739

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2739"
CSS Code\2739
JavaScript"\u2739"
Perl\x{2739}
Python 2u"\u2739"
Python 3\u2739
Ruby\u{2739}

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>&#10041;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2739";
}

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