Technical information

Symbol
NameSquared asterisk
Unicode numberU+29C6
CategoryAsterisk
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⧆, or U+29C6, is known as the "Squared Asterisk". It belongs to the "Supplemental Mathematical Operators" block and falls under the "Math Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphical representation of an asterisk enclosed within a square. It is often used in mathematical or scientific contexts. 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%A7%86
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0xA7 0x86
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10100111:10000110
UTF-160x29C6
UTF-320x000029C6

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u29C6"
CSS Code\29C6
JavaScript"\u29C6"
Perl\x{29C6}
Python 2u"\u29C6"
Python 3\u29C6
Ruby\u{29C6}

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>&#10694;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\29C6";
}

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