U+2BEB "⯫" Star with Right Half Black Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⯫
U+2BEB "⯫" Star with Right Half Black is a typographic symbol classified under the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, representing a five-pointed star whose right half is filled in solid black while the left half remains an outline or unshaded. It is used in specialized contexts such as astronomy, astrology, or iconography to denote partially illuminated stars, often signifying a specific degree of brightness, a binary state, or a visual representation of a semi-structured celestial body. The design essentially splits the star vertically, creating a stark contrast between the dark and light halves to convey partial visibility or completion.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2BEB |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Star with Right Half Black |
| 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 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2BEB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002BEB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2beb |
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 |