U+066D "٭" Arabic Five Pointed Star Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+066D "٭" Arabic Five Pointed Star is a typographic symbol used in Arabic script contexts, primarily as a decorative or ornamental star, often employed to mark text divisions, highlight sections, or serve as a bullet point in lists, similar to the asterisk in Western typography. Unlike the typical five-pointed star found in other scripts, this character is specifically designed to align with the calligraphic style of Arabic writing, with its points and proportions suited for right-to-left text environments. It is distinct from the more common asterisk (U+002A) and is part of the Arabic block of Unicode, encoding a character that appears in traditional and modern printed materials across the Arabic-speaking world.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+066D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Five Pointed Star |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ٭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ٭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD9 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x066D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000066D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u066d |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Arabic |
| Script Extensions | Arabic |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |