U+1F7B3 "🞳" Very Heavy Five Spoked Asterisk Unicode Character

U+1F7B3 "🞳" Very Heavy Five Spoked Asterisk is a distinctive typographical symbol that features a thick, bold five pointed star shape with a small central hole, giving it a robust and solid appearance compared to standard asterisks. Introduced in Unicode 7.0 as part of the Dingbats block, this character is designed for use in decorative text, signage, or as a marker in lists and diagrams where a more prominent or heavy visual indicator is needed. Its five spokes radiate symmetrically from the center, and the "heavy" weight distinguishes it from lighter or more common asterisk variants, making it suitable for emphasizing specific points in a visual or textual context without relying on additional formatting.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F7B3
Version Added	7.0
Name	Very 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 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDFB3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F7B3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udfb3

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