U+273E "✾" Six Petalled Black and White Florette Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
✾
U+273E "✾" Six Petalled Black and White Florette is a decorative glyph consisting of a central circular core surrounded by six evenly spaced petal shapes, alternating between black and white coloration to create a striking visual contrast. Belonging to the Dingbats block, it is often used in typographic ornamentation, bullet lists, or as a floral accent in digital and printed designs, adding a touch of elegance or whimsy to text without conveying any specific semantic meaning. Its symmetrical, star-like form also makes it a popular choice for framing headings, separating sections, or symbolizing natural motifs in artistic and calligraphic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+273E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Six Petalled Black and White Florette |
| 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 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x273E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000273E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u273e |
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 |