U+2724 "✤" Heavy Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
✤
U+2724 "✤" Heavy Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk is a decorative typographic symbol that features four thick, rounded spokes resembling the shape of a four-leaf clover or a balloon-like asterisk. It belongs to the Dingbats block, a collection of ornamental characters used for visual emphasis, bullet points, or embellishments in design and text. This specific glyph stands out for its bold, solid strokes and symmetrical form, making it a popular choice for adding a playful yet elegant touch to headers, lists, or illustrations in both digital and print media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2724 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Heavy Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk |
| Block | Dingbats |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ✤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ✤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9C 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2724 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002724 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2724 |
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 |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |