U+2BCD "⯍" Rotated Light Four Pointed Black Cusp Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⯍
U+2BCD "⯍" Rotated Light Four Pointed Black Cusp is a typographic symbol belonging to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, adopted as part of Unicode version 7.0 in 2014. Visually, it resembles a four pointed star or asterisk like shape that has been rotated 45 degrees, with the points forming a cusp or concave outline around a central void, and it is classified as a "light" weight cusp symbol. Its intended use is in astronomic, astrologic, or decorative contexts, often serving as an alternate representation for a compass rose, a celestial marker, or an ornamental dingbat within specialized typesetting and digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2BCD |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Rotated Light Four Pointed Black Cusp |
| 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 0xAF 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2BCD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002BCD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2bcd |
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 |