U+2B51 "⭑" Black Small Star Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⭑
U+2B51 "⭑" Black Small Star is a typographic symbol that represents a compact, filled five-pointed star, often used in digital text for decorative, rating, or highlighting purposes. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block and is visually distinct from the larger, more common black star (U+2605) due to its smaller size and slightly different shape. This character can be employed in lists, bullet alternatives, or as a simple graphic element in plain text environments where images are not supported, and it is recognized across modern fonts and operating systems that include Unicode support.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2B51 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Black Small 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 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2B51 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002B51 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2b51 |
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 |