U+1F7C6 · Other symbol
Four Pointed Black Star Symbol 🟆
🟆 is four pointed black star, U+1F7C6, in the Geometric Shapes Extended block. It was added in Unicode 7.0, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
What Unicode says about 🟆
2726 is a cusp
— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+1F7C6 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | 🟆 | |
| HTML decimal | 🟆 | |
| CSS | \1F7C6 | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F7C6} | |
| Python | \U0001F7C6 | |
| Java / C# | \uD83D\uDFC6 | |
| Rust | \u{1f7c6} | |
| Swift | \u{1F7C6} | |
| PHP | \u{1F7C6} | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%9F%86 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 9F 86 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | D83D DFC6 | |
| Base64 | 8J+fhg== | |
| Decimal | 128966 | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 7.0 | |
Will 🟆 survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. Yes. 🟆 is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
- Legacy encodings. 🟆 sits above U+FFFF, so it needs a surrogate pair in UTF-16. Software that counts characters by code unit will report it as two.
- Size. 4 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Unicode cross-references
The standard points readers of 🟆 at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.
Other star characters
Unicode names 6 characters ending in “star”. They differ by direction, weight or decoration rather than by meaning.
Nearby in Geometric Shapes Extended
Shapes in sizes, weights and orientations the original block lacked, including the coloured squares and circles that many interfaces use as status markers.
How to type 🟆
| Windows | Type 1F7C6 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “four pointed black star” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 1f7c6, press Enter |
| HTML | 🟆 |
About Unicode’s Other symbol category
Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the 🟆 four pointed black star symbol?
- On Windows, type 1F7C6 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 1f7c6. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for 🟆?
- Four Pointed Black Star is U+1F7C6. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is 🟆?
- Four Pointed Black Star is filed under Other symbol in the Geometric Shapes Extended block, and was introduced in Unicode 7.0. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.