U+1F7BC "🞼" Medium Eight Spoked Asterisk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F7BC "🞼" Medium Eight Spoked Asterisk is a graphic symbol defined in the Dingbats block as a heavy, pointed star shape with eight symmetrical arms radiating from a central point. It is often used in decorative or typographic contexts to draw attention, separate text elements, or serve as a visual marker in lists and diagrams. Unlike the common asterisk, this variant is designed as a medium-weight glyph for enhanced visibility in display or print layouts. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for consistent representation across digital platforms for design and notation purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F7BC |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Medium Eight 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 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDFBC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F7BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\udfbc |
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 |