Circled white star

Meaning and uses

A white star inside a black circle, like a badge or a medal. It works as a bullet, a rank marker or a decoration in game names.

Unicode details

✪ is the Unicode character named CIRCLED WHITE STAR, code point U+272A, in the Dingbats block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type ✪

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 272A and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ✪.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “circled white star”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 272a, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ✪. In a CSS content property, use "\272A".