U+2732 "✲" Open Centre Asterisk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
✲
U+2732 "✲" Open Centre Asterisk is a typographic symbol consisting of a six pointed star shape with a hollow or open center, resembling a classic asterisk but with a more rounded, petal like design. It belongs to the Dingbats block in Unicode, which contains various ornamental characters, and is often used in decorative text, as a marker in lists or footnotes, or as a specialized graphic element in computing and design. Its open center distinguishes it from solid star symbols, allowing it to function well as a visual indicator without overpowering nearby text, and it can be found in fonts that support the Dingbats range.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2732 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Open Centre Asterisk |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Open Center 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 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2732 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002732 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2732 |
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 |