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U+002A · ASTERISK
Asterisk
| UTF-8 | 2A | 1 byte |
|---|---|---|
| UTF-16 | 002A | 1 code unit |
| UTF-32 | 0000002A | 4 bytes |
| HTML named | * | named character reference |
| HTML named | * | named character reference |
| HTML decimal | * | |
| HTML hex | * | |
| CSS | \2A | in content: "…" |
| JavaScript | \u002A | |
| JSON | \u002A | |
| Python | \u002A | |
| Python | \N{ASTERISK} | by name |
| Java / C# | \u002A | |
| Rust / Swift / PHP | \u{2A} | |
| Go | \u002A | |
| Ruby | \u002A | |
| Excel / Sheets | =UNICHAR(42) | |
| URL-encoded | %2A | percent-encoded UTF-8 |
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Characters that Unicode’s security data (UTS #39 confusables) lists as visually confusable with this one. Useful for spotting lookalike spoofing in URLs and usernames.
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U+204E⁎Low Asterisk
U+2217∗Asterisk Operator
U+1031F𐌟Old Italic Letter Ess
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