U+273C "✼" Open Centre Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+273C "✼" Open Centre Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk is a typographic symbol that resembles a six-pointed star with open, teardrop-shaped arms radiating from a hollow center, giving it a delicate and ornamental appearance often used in decorative text, astrological diagrams, or as a floral accent. Its design evokes a sense of balance and symmetry, making it a popular choice for adding visual interest to headings, borders, or symbolic representations in digital documents and graphic design.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+273C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Open Centre Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Open Center 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 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x273C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000273C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u273c |
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 |