U+2BE9 "⯩" Right Half Black Star Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⯩
U+2BE9 "⯩" Right Half Black Star is a typographic symbol that represents the right half of a solid black star, effectively rendering a star split vertically with only the filled right side visible. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block and is often used in graphical contexts such as star ratings, where it can pair with its left half counterpart to indicate partial or intermediate values, such as half a star in rating systems. The character provides a precise way to denote fractional star levels without relying on image-based solutions, making it useful in digital text and data representation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2BE9 |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Right Half Black 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 0xAF 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2BE9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002BE9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2be9 |
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 |