U+1F7B2 "🞲" Heavy Five Spoked Asterisk Unicode Character

U+1F7B2 "🞲" Heavy Five Spoked Asterisk is a typographic symbol that belongs to the Geometric Shapes Extended block, featuring a bold, thick-lined star shape with five evenly spaced spokes radiating from a central point, designed to be visually prominent for use in decorative text, maps, or as a marking indicator where a heavier weight is needed compared to standard asterisks. Unlike the common light-weight asterisk (*), this heavy variant is often employed for emphasis in lists, footnotes, or to annotate special points in documents, and it can also serve as a symbol for stellar objects or landmarks in cartographic contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital platforms, though actual display depends on the supporting font and system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F7B2
Version Added	7.0
Name	Heavy 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 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDFB2
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F7B2
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udfb2

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