Propeller asterisk

Meaning and uses

A flower-like asterisk with eight rounded, teardrop-shaped spokes. Despite its long official name, it is mostly used as a decorative flower or snowflake in captions and dividers.

Unicode details

❋ is the Unicode character named HEAVY EIGHT TEARDROP-SPOKED PROPELLER ASTERISK, code point U+274B, 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 274B 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 “heavy eight teardrop-spoked propeller asterisk”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 274b, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ❋. In a CSS content property, use "\274B".