Eight-pointed black star

Meaning and uses

A bold star with eight points. It is also an emoji, so some phones draw it in orange. It works as a highlight marker in lists.

Unicode details

✴ is the Unicode character named EIGHT POINTED BLACK STAR, code point U+2734, in the Dingbats block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).

It can also appear as an emoji, listed under the name “eight-pointed star”. Plain text is its default, but some apps draw it in colour anyway. Adding the invisible variation selector U+FE0F after it asks for the emoji style, and U+FE0E asks for plain text.

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.
• On a phone, it is on the emoji keyboard: search for “eight-pointed star”. On Windows, press the Windows key and the full stop (Win+.) to open the emoji panel and search there.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “eight-pointed star”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2734, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ✴. In a CSS content property, use "\2734".