White star

Meaning and uses

The outlined five-pointed star. It is the empty partner of ★, used for the unfilled points of a rating such as ★★★☆☆ and for a lighter look in bios.

Unicode details

☆ is the Unicode character named WHITE STAR, code point U+2606, in the Miscellaneous Symbols 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 2606 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 star”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2606, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ☆ or ☆. In a CSS content property, use "\2606".