U+2736 · Other symbol
HTML entity
✶
LaTeX
\varstar
Six Pointed Black Star Symbol ✶
✶ is six pointed black star. Write it in HTML as ✶ or paste the character directly. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+2736 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ✶ | |
| HTML decimal | ✶ | |
| CSS | \2736 | |
| JavaScript | \u{2736} | |
| Python | \U00002736 | |
| Java / C# | \u2736 | |
| Rust | \u{2736} | |
| Swift | \u{2736} | |
| PHP | \u{2736} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%9C%B6 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9C B6 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 2736 | |
| Base64 | 4py2 | |
| Decimal | 10038 | |
| HTML entity | ✶ | |
| LaTeX | \varstar | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 1.1 | |
Will ✶ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. Yes. ✶ is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
- Legacy encodings. ✶ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
- Size. 3 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 Dingbats
Zapf Dingbats, encoded character for character: ornamental stars, crosses, check marks, scissors and pointing hands. The check marks and crosses here are the ones most often pasted into documents and spreadsheets.
How to type ✶
| Windows | Type 2736 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “six pointed black star” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2736, 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 ✶ six pointed black star symbol?
- On Windows, type 2736 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2736. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ✶?
- Six Pointed Black Star is U+2736, written in HTML as ✶ and in LaTeX as \varstar. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ✶?
- Six Pointed Black Star is filed under Other symbol in the Dingbats block, and was introduced in Unicode 1.1. 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.