U+2726 "✦" Black Four Pointed Star Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
✦
U+2726 "✦" Black Four Pointed Star is a typographic symbol that features a solid black star shape with four distinct points, often used in digital text for decoration, emphasis, or as a marker in lists and headings. Its design resembles a stylized diamond or star, distinct from the more common five pointed star, and it is encoded in the Dingbats block of the Unicode standard, which includes various ornamental and graphical symbols. This character is frequently employed in user interfaces, social media posts, and document formatting to draw attention or add visual interest without relying on images.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2726 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Black Four Pointed Star |
| 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 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2726 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002726 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2726 |
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 |