U+2731 "✱" Heavy Asterisk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
✱
U+2731 "✱" Heavy Asterisk is a typographic symbol featuring a bold, thick six-pointed star shape, designed to stand out more prominently than a standard asterisk for visual emphasis in text. It belongs to the Dingbats block within Unicode and is often used in decorative contexts, such as ornamental dividers, footnotes, or to draw attention to important notes in documents and digital content. Its heavy weight makes it suitable for use in headings, signage, or any situation where a noticeable yet elegant marker is desired, distinguishing it from lighter asterisk variants.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2731 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Heavy 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 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2731 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002731 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2731 |
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 |