U+1F7D1 "🟑" Heavy Eight Pointed Pinwheel Star Unicode Character

U+1F7D1 "🟑" Heavy Eight Pointed Pinwheel Star is a geometric symbol added in Unicode 8.0 as part of the Geometric Shapes Extended block, representing a stylized star with eight prominent, swirling points that create a pinwheel or dynamic rotating effect. Its design conveys a sense of motion, energy, or celestial and ornamental significance, often used in digital contexts for visual decoration, indicating importance, or as part of abstract patterns. Unlike simpler star symbols, the "Heavy" descriptor emphasizes a bold, thick outline, making it stand out in both small text and larger graphics, though its usage is less common than more familiar star characters like the standard white or black stars.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F7D1
Version Added	7.0
Name	Heavy Eight Pointed Pinwheel Star
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 0x9F 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDFD1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F7D1
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udfd1

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