U+273A "✺" Sixteen Pointed Asterisk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+273A "✺" Sixteen Pointed Asterisk is a decorative glyph that features a star-like shape made of sixteen rays radiating from a central point, often used for ornamentation in typography, web design, and digital text to draw attention or denote a footnote. It belongs to the Dingbats block of the Unicode standard, which encompasses a variety of ornamental symbols, and its intricate, symmetrical design makes it visually striking for use in headings, lists, or as a sparkle-like accent. While not as common as simpler asterisks, this character provides a more elaborate and stylized option for emphasizing points in written or digital content.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+273A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Sixteen Pointed 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 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x273A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000273A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u273a |
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 |