Pinwheel star

Meaning and uses

A star with curved, swirling points, like a pinwheel or a spinning throwing star. It adds a sense of motion to names and headings.

Unicode details

✯ is the Unicode character named PINWHEEL STAR, code point U+272F, 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 272F 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 “pinwheel star”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 272f, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ✯. In a CSS content property, use "\272F".