U+274B "❋" Heavy Eight Teardrop-Spoked Propeller Asterisk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
❋
U+274B "❋" Heavy Eight Teardrop-Spoked Propeller Asterisk is a unique typographic symbol featuring eight curved, teardrop-shaped spokes radiating from a central point, resembling a stylized airscrew or star. It belongs to the Dingbats block of Unicode, which includes ornamental and decorative glyphs distinct from standard alphanumeric characters. This symbol is often used for visual emphasis, decorative text, or as a marker in lists and diagrams, with its heavy stroke weight and balanced design making it stand out in both digital and print contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+274B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Heavy 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 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x274B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000274B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u274b |
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 |