U+2727 "✧" White Four Pointed Star Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2727 "✧" White Four Pointed Star is a typographic symbol that represents a small, four pointed star with open white space inside, often used for decorative purposes in text to indicate emphasis, sparkle, or a highlight similar to an asterisk but with a more elegant and whimsical appearance. It belongs to the Dingbats block in Unicode and originates from the Zapf Dingbats font family, where it serves as a stylistic element in design, web content, and printed materials to draw attention without the heavy weight of a solid star.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2727 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | White 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 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2727 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002727 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2727 |
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 |