U+273B "✻" Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
✻
U+273B "✻" Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk is a typographic symbol that features a central point from which six curved, teardrop-shaped spokes radiate outward, creating a floral or star-like appearance distinct from a standard asterisk. It belongs to the Dingbats block and is often used ornamentally in text, decoration, or as a replacement for the asterisk or star symbol in contexts where a more elegant or whimsical design is desired. Its teardrop elements give it a soft, organic feel, making it popular in artistic or stylized typography, bullet lists, or as a marker for footnotes in decorative formatting.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+273B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Teardrop-Spoked 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 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x273B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000273B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u273b |
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 |