Heavy eight pointed rectilinear black star

✸ is the Unicode character “HEAVY EIGHT POINTED RECTILINEAR BLACK STAR” (U+2738). It belongs to the Dingbats block and was added in Unicode 1.1. Click it to copy, or use the codes below.

✸ codes

UnicodeCode point U+2738
HTML codeDecimal, works in any HTML page ✸
HTML hexHexadecimal HTML code ✸
CSSFor the CSS content property \2738
JavaScriptEscape in JavaScript strings \u2738
PythonEscape in Python strings \u2738
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8 %E2%9C%B8
UTF-8Bytes in UTF-8 E2 9C B8
UTF-16Code units in UTF-16 2738

How to type ✸

Copy and paste

Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.

Windows

Press Win + . to open the emoji and symbol panel, then search for “heavy eight pointed rectilinear black star”.

In Microsoft Word, type 2738 and press Alt + X.

Mac

Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “heavy eight pointed rectilinear black star”.

iPhone and Android

Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).

HTML and CSS

Unicode U+2738. Every format is on the heavy eight pointed rectilinear black star page.

About ✸

Unicode name
HEAVY EIGHT POINTED RECTILINEAR BLACK STAR
Code point
U+2738 (10040)
Block
Dingbats
Category
Other Symbol
Unicode version
1.1