U+2735 "✵" Eight Pointed Pinwheel Star Unicode Character

U+2735 "✵" Eight Pointed Pinwheel Star is a decorative symbol featuring eight radiating points that curve outward like spinning blades, giving it a dynamic sense of motion and whirling energy. It belongs to the Dingbats block of Unicode, a collection of typographic ornaments and symbols often used for visual emphasis, bullet points, or decorative flourishes in text. Its design resembles a stylized star or a simplified compass rose, and it can be employed in artistic contexts, such as in graphic design or digital media, to add a whimsical or celestial touch. While not as common as simpler star symbols, the eight pointed pinwheel star carries connotations of balance, direction, and cyclical movement, making it a distinctive choice for creative or thematic formatting.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2735
Version Added	1.1
Name	Eight Pointed Pinwheel 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 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2735
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002735
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2735

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