U+2748 "❈" Heavy Sparkle Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
❈
U+2748 "❈" Heavy Sparkle is a decorative typographic symbol that represents a stylized, bold four pointed star or sparkle shape, often used in digital text and graphic design to draw attention, suggest magic, emphasis, or a celebratory twinkle. It belongs to the Dingbats block and has a heavier, more solid appearance compared to its lighter counterpart, U+2747. Commonly employed in informal writing, social media posts, and visual embellishments, the Heavy Sparkle can function as a visual separator, a marker of importance, or simply an ornamental element to add a sense of whimsy or brilliance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2748 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Heavy Sparkle |
| 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 0x9D 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2748 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002748 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2748 |
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 |