U+2B50 "⭐" White Medium Star Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⭐
U+2B50 "⭐" White Medium Star is a popular symbol representing a star, often used in digital communication to convey excellence, quality, or a positive rating, such as a five-star review. Its design features a classic five-pointed star with a solid outline and a white or hollow interior, making it distinct from the more common filled star symbols. This character is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block and is widely supported across platforms, frequently appearing in social media posts, messaging apps, and web content to denote favorites, highlights, or approval.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2B50 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | White Medium Star |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⭐ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⭐ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xAD 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2B50 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002B50 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2b50 |