U+2728 "✨" Sparkles Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
✨
U+2728 "✨" Sparkles is a graphical symbol officially named "Sparkles," encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, and is widely used in digital communication to express magic, beauty, excitement, or a positive highlight. It often serves as a decorative flourish to emphasize a message, denote something special or glamorous, or represent twinkling stars and glitter. The character has become a staple in social media captions, product announcements, and personal texts, where it adds a whimsical or celebratory tone. Its visual similarity to four-pointed stars makes it a versatile emoticon for conveying joy, wonder, or a sense of enhancement.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2728 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Sparkles |
| 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 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2728 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002728 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2728 |