U+1F7BD "🞽" Bold Eight Spoked Asterisk Unicode Character

U+1F7BD "🞽" Bold Eight Spoked Asterisk is a typographic symbol in the Geometric Shapes Extended block, distinguished by its thick, dark arms that radiate outward from a central point, giving it a solid and striking appearance. It is designed as a heavier variant of a standard eight-pointed asterisk, often used in decorative contexts, signage, or as a visual marker to draw attention in text and design. This character serves both functional and ornamental purposes, fitting alongside other geometric symbols in digital and print media for emphasis or stylistic flair.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F7BD
Version Added	7.0
Name	Bold 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 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDFBD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F7BD
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udfbd

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