U+1F7D9 "🟙" Nine Pointed White Star Unicode Character

U+1F7D9 "🟙" Nine Pointed White Star is a geometric symbol consisting of a white or unfilled nine pointed star shape, and it belongs to the Geometric Shapes Extended block, having been added in Unicode version 11.0 in 2018. This symbol can represent various concepts depending on context, such as the Baháʼí faith where a nine pointed star is a sacred symbol reflecting the number nine's significance, or it may be used in decorative patterns, maps, or astronomical or mystical iconography to indicate a stellar object or a designated point of interest. Its specific meaning is not universally standardized in plain text, so it primarily serves as a visual glyph for designers, typographers, and users needing a distinctive star symbol beyond the more common five or six pointed variants.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F7D9
Version Added	15.0
Name	Nine Pointed White 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 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDFD9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F7D9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udfd9

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	Ideographic
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