Black Star
U+2605★Symbol · decimal ★
Star Symbols Copy & Paste
Copy and paste 89 star symbols in one click. Mostly drawn from the Dingbats block. 67 render as text and 22 as emoji.
Copy star symbols
89 characters and sequences. One tap copies the real code points.
No entry on this page matches.
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Star Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes
12 of the 89 entries, shown with their full detail. Where two entries look the same, the name settles it. The HTML references beside each name reproduce the code-point sequence character for character.
Outlined Black Star
U+272D✭Symbol · decimal ✭
Asterism
U+2042⁂Punctuation · decimal ⁂
Open Centre Asterisk
U+2732✲Symbol · decimal ✲
Sixteen Pointed Asterisk
U+273A✺Symbol · decimal ✺
Circled Open Centre Eight Pointed Star
U+2742❂Symbol · decimal ❂
Heavy Chevron Snowflake
U+2746❆Symbol · decimal ❆
Star
U+2B50⭐Emoji or pictograph · decimal ⭐
Outlined White Star
U+269D⚝Symbol · decimal ⚝
Text sequence (4 characters)
U+2736 U+2738 U+2739 U+273A✶ ✸ ✹ ✺Text sequence · decimal ✶ ✸ ✹ ✺
Star-Struck
U+1F929🤩Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🤩
Custard
U+1F36E🍮Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🍮
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Star Symbols: types, meanings and practical differences
Stars work as ratings, favorites, bullets, dividers and decorative accents across profiles and documents.
These are the marks people reach for every day. They work almost anywhere. The page carries 89 distinct entries: 79 single characters and 10 sequences.
Representative names include Black Star, Outlined Black Star, Asterism, Open Centre Asterisk. The commonest name families across the whole inventory are Variation Selector-16 (6), Black Four Pointed (4), Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk (4). Single-character values span U+06DE to U+1F929.
Browse star symbols by type
Symbol
56 entries
Emoji or pictograph
16 entries
Punctuation
5 entries
Letter
1 entry
Combining mark
1 entry
Text sequence
4 entries
Emoji sequence
6 entries
The shape of this collection
Encoded span for star symbols
The span runs U+06DE to U+1F929. By Unicode general category that is symbol 72, punctuation 5, letter 1, combining mark 1.
Name patterns that repeat
Sorting every formal name puts Variation Selector-16 (6), Black Four Pointed (4), Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk (4) at the top.
Joiners, selectors and length
10 entries span more than one code point: 0 with a zero-width joiner, 6 with a variation selector, the longest running to 4 code points.
Picking the right star symbol
Two look almost the same: Outlined Black Star and Outlined White Star. They are different characters: U+272D and U+269D. Start with symbol.
It is the biggest group, with 56. Letter is the specialist choice, with just 1. Want colour?
Pick one of the 22 emoji. Want it to match your text? Pick one of the 67 plain ones.
Then paste it where it will live and look at it.
Stars span astronomy, ratings, bullets and decoration. Filled and outline stars are typographic characters, while sparkles and emoji can trigger a more pictorial presentation.
56Symbol
Standalone marks that follow your font. 63% here.
16Emoji or pictograph
Drawn by the operating system, not your font. 18% here.
6Emoji sequence
Multi-code-point emoji held together by joiners. 7% here.
5Punctuation
Marks that structure written text. 6% here.
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Star Symbols explained in plain English
Short summary
You can copy any of the 89 star symbols below. The largest set is symbol, with 56. Unicode keeps most of them in a group called Dingbats. Watch the 22 emoji. Unlike the 67 plain ones, you cannot change how they look.
7 groups, not one list
Symbol is the biggest at 56. The rest split between emoji or pictograph, punctuation and letter.
Which blocks they come from
They come from Dingbats (60), Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (7) and Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (7). They span U+06DE to U+1F929, so no one font covers them all.
Easy to confuse
Outlined Black Star and Outlined White Star look alike. They are not the same character.
10 entries are sequences
10 use more than one character. Copy the whole thing or it breaks.
Terms worth knowing
Useful terms when searching or describing star symbols.
- Symbol
- Emoji or pictograph
- Punctuation
- Letter
- Combining mark
- Text sequence
- Emoji sequence
- Star
- Favorite
- Rating
- Celestial
- Sparkle
A quick choice checklist
- Match the meaning. Start with symbol when that group fits your message.
- Read the name. Compare Black Star with Outlined Black Star before you pick by shape.
- Test the result. Paste the full value into the app, document, or profile where it will appear.
Stars serve ratings, favorites and typographic emphasis
Filled, outline and ornamented stars are separate characters. A star's local interface meaning comes from the label and state model around it.
| Forms | Common role | Meaning safeguard |
|---|---|---|
| ★ / ☆ | Filled and outline rating or favorite | State the scale and make selection available to keyboard users. |
| ✦ / ✧ | Four-point decorative sparkle | Treat as emphasis rather than a measured rating. |
| ✩ / ✪ | Ornamental stars | Do not imitate an official badge or certification. |
| ⋆ / ⭑ / ⭒ | Math-like or newer star forms | Check font support and formal identity before technical use. |
Practical note: For reviews, store the numeric score and accessible label. The visible star row is a presentation of the value, not the data itself.
Where to go next
Compare these choices with sparkle symbols and hanging star symbols. For a deeper explanation, read Star Symbol Meanings: Ratings, Favorites and Decoration. Short on time? Start with can i change the color of a unicode symbol?.
Tip: A symbol should decorate a label, not replace it — plain words keep the meaning available to search and to assistive technology.
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How to use star symbols
One click copies the characters themselves, not a picture of them. Use Ctrl V on Windows and Linux, ⌘ V on a Mac, or long-press and Paste on a phone.
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Profile names and short captions
Black Star is the safe pick here. Let the words beside it carry the meaning.
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Lists, labels and status notes
Symbol suits lists, labels and status notes. Pick one whose stroke weight matches the text around it.
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Cards, invitations and informal messages
When creating cards, invitations and informal messages, paste the complete entry — several of these are multi-code-point sequences that break if truncated.
Copy-ready star symbols examples for profile names and short captions
Profile names and short captions
★ Star referenceLists, labels and status notes
★ ☆ ✦Cards, invitations and informal messages
✦ star ★05
Keyboard entry for star symbols
Copying is quicker, but these are typeable too. On Windows the alt code is the character's decimal code point; in Word the hexadecimal followed by Alt X does the same job without a keypad.
| Character | Name | Windows | Hex | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | Black Star | Alt 9733 | 2605 | ★ |
| ✭ | Outlined Black Star | Alt 10029 | 272D | ✭ |
| ⁂ | Asterism | Alt 8258 | 2042 | ⁂ |
| ✲ | Open Centre Asterisk | Alt 10034 | 2732 | ✲ |
| ✺ | Sixteen Pointed Asterisk | Alt 10042 | 273A | ✺ |
| ❂ | Circled Open Centre Eight Pointed Star | Alt 10050 | 2742 | ❂ |
The alt-code route requires a real keypad and cannot address anything above U+FFFF. 8 entries here sit above that ceiling. A further 10 are sequences, which no shortcut reproduces — copy those instead. The complete keyboard guide covers every platform method in full.
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How star symbols render across fonts, apps and devices
Unicode keeps 81% of these in Dingbats. The rest come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows and Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs. You get two behaviours here.
67 are plain text. 22 are emoji and arrive in colour you cannot change. Unicode files the emoji ones under Symbols and Travel & Places.
10 entries are made of several parts. Copy the whole thing, or it breaks apart. Some are as recent as Emoji 5.0, so old devices may draw an empty box.
The clipboard carries code points, not the drawing on this page, so weight, spacing and colour can all shift between iPhone, Android, Windows, macOS and an exported PDF.
79Single characters
10Sequences
22Emoji properties
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Common mistakes with star symbols
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Treating Black Star and Outlined Black Star as the same character.
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Thinking every one of the 89 works the same everywhere.
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Copying only part of one of the 10 multi-code-point sequences instead of the whole value.
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Reaching for one of the 22 emoji entries where a text mark was needed, so the colour artwork clashes with the surrounding type.
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Star Symbols questions and answers
What is the difference between Outlined Black Star and Outlined White Star?+
They are two distinct Unicode characters: Outlined Black Star is U+272D (HTML ✭) and Outlined White Star is U+269D (HTML ⚝). A font may draw them almost identically, but they sort and search as separate values.
What is the HTML code for black star?+
Either reference works: ★ or ★. Both resolve to ★. Pasting the raw character is fine too once the document is UTF-8.
Which star symbols work as plain text rather than emoji?+
Look for the 67 non-emoji entries. Those behave like letters — style them, colour them, put them in a heading. The 22 emoji entries are drawn by the operating system instead.
Why does one of these star symbols split apart when I paste it?+
10 entries here are sequences of more than one code point. If the destination does not support the sequence, or if the copy was truncated, the parts render individually. Copy the entry with the button rather than by selecting the characters.
Which Unicode block are these star symbols in?+
The answer is Dingbats, covering 60 of them; the rest come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows and Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs. Coverage tends to follow the block: long-established ones render nearly everywhere, recent additions do not.
Will these star symbols work on older phones?+
The newest entry on this page was introduced in Emoji 5.0. Devices that have not received a font update since then will show a blank rectangle instead. Test on a real older device before using a recent character where the meaning matters.
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Learn more about star symbols
Two tools worth knowing about
Popular marks usually end up beside a name or a short label, so the text converters are the tools that pair with them.
Bubble Text ConverterTurn ordinary letters and numbers into enclosed Unicode characters for short labels and profile text.Open the text converter →Upside-Down Text ConverterReverse and substitute letters to make playful upside-down text, then test the result in its final app.Open the text converter →
To wrap one of these star symbols around a word, build the line in the Symbol Maker. Every tool on this site runs locally and is listed in the Unicode tools hub.
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How this page was built
These 89 entries are measured, not sampled or approximated. Formal names and categories come straight from the Unicode 17.0 database, with emoji status taken from the published emoji data rather than judged by eye.
- Unicode Character Database — UnicodeData.txt (formal names and general categories)
- Unicode emoji-test.txt (fully-qualified emoji sequences and grouping)
- The Unicode Standard, current version
- How CoolSymbol.now sources, counts and tests this data