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U+2217 · ASTERISK OPERATOR

Asterisk Operator

  • CodepointU+2217
  • NameASTERISK OPERATOR
  • Decimal8727
  • BlockMathematical Operators (U+2200–U+22FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySm — Math Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2217 (∗) is ASTERISK OPERATOR, a mathematical symbol in the Mathematical Operators block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

How to type ∗

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 88 973 bytes
UTF-1622171 code unit
UTF-32000022174 bytes
HTML named∗named character reference
HTML decimal∗
HTML hex∗
CSS\2217in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2217
JSON\u2217
Python\u2217
Python\N{ASTERISK OPERATOR}by name
Java / C#\u2217
C / C++\u2217universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2217}
Go\u2217
Ruby\u2217
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8727)
URL-encoded%E2%88%97percent-encoded UTF-8
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Looks similar

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.

U+002A*Asterisk U+066D٭Arabic Five Pointed Star U+204E⁎Low Asterisk U+1031F𐌟Old Italic Letter Ess
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Nearby in Mathematical Operators

All in block →
U+2211∑N-Ary Summation U+2212−Minus Sign U+2213∓Minus-Or-Plus Sign U+2214∔Dot Plus U+2215∕Division Slash U+2216∖Set Minus U+2218∘Ring Operator U+2219∙Bullet Operator U+221A√Square Root U+221B∛Cube Root U+221C∜Fourth Root U+221D∝Proportional to