Twelve-pointed black star

Meaning and uses

A solid star with twelve short points, close to a sunburst. It suits headings and announcements where a regular star looks too plain.

Unicode details

✹ is the Unicode character named TWELVE POINTED BLACK STAR, code point U+2739, 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 2739 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 “twelve pointed black star”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2739, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ✹. In a CSS content property, use "\2739".