U+1F7B1 "🞱" Bold Five Spoked Asterisk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F7B1 "🞱" Bold Five Spoked Asterisk is a typographic symbol classified under the "Dingbats" block, specifically within the range of ornamental and geometric shapes. It consists of five thick, evenly spaced spokes radiating from a central point, giving it a bold and solid appearance similar to a star or asterisk. This character is designed for use in decorative text, bullet lists, or as a visual marker, but it is not commonly supported by all fonts or platforms, potentially appearing as a blank box or fallback glyph in some environments. Its primary purpose is to provide a stylized alternative to traditional asterisks or star symbols in digital and print typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F7B1 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Bold Five Spoked Asterisk |
| Block | Geometric Shapes Extended |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🞱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🞱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x9E 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDFB1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F7B1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\udfb1 |
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 | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |