Technical information

Symbol
NameWhite medium star
Unicode numberU+2B50
CategoryEmoji stars
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⭐, or U+2B50, is known as the "White Medium Star". It belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows" block, which includes a variety of symbols and arrow symbols. This character falls under the "Symbol, Other" category. Visually, it represents a five-pointed star that is white, or hollow, and of medium size compared to other star symbols. The White Medium Star is often used in digital and print contexts to symbolize space, night, or celestial bodies. It's also widely used in popular culture to denote various levels of quality, such as in reviews or ratings, with the white star often representing a positive or outstanding aspect. The White Medium Star is frequently employed in social media and online communications, often used for emphasis or to highlight important points.

Encoding

HTML Entity⭐
HTML Entity (hex)⭐
URL Escape Code%E2%AD%90
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0xAD 0x90
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10101101:10010000
UTF-160x2B50
UTF-320x00002B50

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2B50"
CSS Code\2B50
JavaScript"\u2B50"
Perl\x{2B50}
Python 2u"\u2B50"
Python 3\u2B50
Ruby\u{2B50}

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>&#11088;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2B50";
}

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