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U+2605 · BLACK STAR

Black Star

  • CodepointU+2605
  • NameBLACK STAR
  • Decimal9733
  • BlockMiscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySo — Other Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthA — Ambiguous
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2605 (★) is BLACK STAR, a symbol in the Miscellaneous Symbols 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).

Its East Asian Width is Ambiguous: it takes one column in Western contexts and two in East Asian legacy contexts, a common cause of misaligned tables in terminals.

How to type ★

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 98 853 bytes
UTF-1626051 code unit
UTF-32000026054 bytes
HTML named★named character reference
HTML named★named character reference
HTML decimal★
HTML hex★
CSS\2605in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2605
JSON\u2605
Python\u2605
Python\N{BLACK STAR}by name
Java / C#\u2605
C / C++\u2605universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2605}
Go\u2605
Ruby\u2605
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(9733)
URL-encoded%E2%98%85percent-encoded UTF-8
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Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols

All in block →
U+2600☀Black Sun with Rays U+2601☁Cloud U+2602☂Umbrella U+2603☃Snowman U+2604☄Comet U+2606☆White Star U+2607☇Lightning U+2608☈Thunderstorm U+2609☉Sun U+260A☊Ascending Node U+260B☋Descending Node