Six-pointed black star

Meaning and uses

A solid star with six points. It is a neutral decorative star, often used as a bullet or a separator, and it is a different character from the Star of David ✡, which is made of two triangles.

Unicode details

✶ is the Unicode character named SIX POINTED BLACK STAR, code point U+2736, 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 2736 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 “six pointed black star”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2736, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ✶ or ✶. In a CSS content property, use "\2736".