Technical information

Symbol
NameEight teardrop-spoked propeller asterisk
Unicode numberU+274A
CategoryAsterisk
DescriptionThe Unicode character ❊, or U+274A, is known as the "Eight Teardrop-Spoked Propeller Asterisk". It belongs to the "Dingbats" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of an asterisk symbol that features eight teardrop-shaped spokes arranged in a propeller-like configuration. It can be used in digital communications to highlight, indicate emphasis, or to represent the concept of multiplication. 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%9D%8A
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9D 0x8A
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011101:10001010
UTF-160x274A
UTF-320x0000274A

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u274A"
CSS Code\274A
JavaScript"\u274A"
Perl\x{274A}
Python 2u"\u274A"
Python 3\u274A
Ruby\u{274A}

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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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>&#10058;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\274A";
}

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