U+272B "✫" Open Centre Black Star Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+272B "✫" Open Centre Black Star is a typographic symbol featuring a five pointed star with a black outline and an open, hollow center, displaying the star's interior space rather than filling it solidly. This design distinguishes it from solid star characters, and it is commonly used in decorative contexts, as a bullet point in lists, or as a stylized embellishment in text and digital communication to draw attention or convey a sense of guidance, excellence, or achievement.
General Properties
Code Point
U+272B
Name
Open Centre Black Star
Unicode 1.0 Name
Open Center Black Star
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
✫
HTML Hex Encoding
✫
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x9C 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding
0x272B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000272B
C/C++/Java Escape
\u272b
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common