U+274A "❊" Eight Teardrop-Spoked Propeller Asterisk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+274A "❊" Eight Teardrop-Spoked Propeller Asterisk is a decorative glyph that belongs to the Dingbats block, designed to resemble a star or asterisk with eight evenly spaced, teardrop-shaped spokes that give it a dynamic, rotating propeller-like appearance. It is often used in typography and graphic design for ornamental purposes, such as adding visual flair to headings, dividing sections, or serving as a stylized bullet point in lists. This character can also function as a surrogate for mathematical asterisks or as a subtle emphasis marker in creative writing, though its primary role is aesthetic rather than functional.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+274A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Eight Teardrop-Spoked Propeller 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 0x9D 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x274A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000274A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u274a |
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 |