White four-pointed star

Meaning and uses

The outlined four-pointed star, the hollow version of ✦. It is one of the most copied aesthetic symbols, usually scattered with dots and other small stars: ✧˖°.

Unicode details

✧ is the Unicode character named WHITE FOUR POINTED STAR, code point U+2727, 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 2727 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 “white four pointed star”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2727, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ✧. In a CSS content property, use "\2727".