Star (glyph)

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In typography, a star is any of several glyphs with a number of points arrayed within an imaginary circle.

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Four points

Name Character Codepoint
black four-pointed star U+2726
white four-pointed star U+2727

Five points

See also Five-pointed star

Name Character Codepoint
Arabic star (5, 6 or 8 points) ٭ U+066D
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star equals U+225B
star operator U+22C6
APL functional symbol circle star U+235F
APL functional symbol star diaeresis U+2363
black star U+2605
white star U+2606
star and crescent U+262A
outlined white star U+269D
stress outlined white star U+2729
circled white star U+272A
open center black star U+272B
black center white star U+272C
outlined black star U+272D
heavy outlined black star U+272E
pinwheel star U+272F
shadowed white star U+2730
white medium star U+2B50
black small star U+2B51
white small star U+2B52

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Six points

Name Character Codepoint
star of David U+2721
six-pointed black star U+2736
SLAVONIC ASTERISK U+A673

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Seven points

Eight points

Name Character Codepoint
eight-pointed black star U+2734
eight-pointed pinwheel star U+2735
eight-pointed rectilinear black star U+2737
heavy eight-pointed rectilinear black star U+2738
circled open center eight-pointed star U+2742

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Twelve points

Name Character Codepoint
twelve-pointed black star U+2739

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