U+1F7B6 "🞶" Medium Six Spoked Asterisk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F7B6 "🞶" Medium Six Spoked Asterisk is a typographic symbol defined in the Unicode 7.0 standard, belonging to the Geometric Shapes Extended block. It features six evenly spaced spokes radiating from a central point, resembling a star or asterisk but with a simpler, open design that is visually similar to a common multiplication sign or a six pointed star. This character is often used in decorative text, diagrams, or as a bullet point in lists, providing a medium weight alternative to standard asterisks or other star symbols. Its primary function is to serve as a textual or graphical element for ornamentation, marking, or emphasis in digital documents and plain text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F7B6 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Medium Six 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 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDFB6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F7B6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\udfb6 |
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 |