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eight-spoked asterisk

An eight-spoked asterisk symbol, resembling a star-shaped star or flower-like mark

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Code points
U+2733 U+FE0F
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Meaning

An eight-spoked asterisk symbol, resembling a star-shaped star or flower-like mark. It commonly serves as a decorative bullet point, divider, or emphasis marker in text. In conversation, it can convey a sparkle, a small star, or a generic placeholder symbol. It is often used to draw attention to a note or to separate sections. Its meaning is ambiguous and depends heavily on context; it can also appear as a stylized snowflake or a simple ornamental glyph. It is not typically used to express a specific emotion.

Eight-spoked asterisk — Approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.

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Quick facts

Quick facts

Code points
U+2733 U+FE0F
Unicode name
eight-spoked asterisk
Category
SymbolsOther symbols
Unicode
6.0 · 2010Emoji 0.6
Keywords
*asteriskeight-spokedemojimeaningmean

Developer

Emoji sequenceemoji presentation requested via VS16 (U+FE0F)
Unicode data
Code pointsU+2733 U+FE0F
Unicode nameeight-spoked asterisk
UTF-8E2 9C B3 EF B8 8F
Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):eight_spoked_asterisk:
HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)✳️
HTML (decimal)✳️
CSS\2733 \FE0F
Languages
JavaScript\u{2733}\u{FE0F}
Python\u2733\uFE0F
Perl\x{2733}\x{FE0F}
PHP / Ruby\u{2733}\u{FE0F}
Encodings
Punycodexn--cdi2644e
URL escape code%E2%9C%B3%EF%B8%8F

Frequently asked

What does ✳️ eight-spoked asterisk mean?

An eight-spoked asterisk symbol, resembling a star-shaped star or flower-like mark. It commonly serves as a decorative bullet point, divider, or emphasis marker in text. In conversation, it can convey a sparkle, a small star, or a generic placeholder symbol. It is often used to draw attention to a note or to separate sections. Its meaning is ambiguous and depends heavily on context; it can also appear as a stylized snowflake or a simple ornamental glyph. It is not typically used to express a specific emotion.

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for ✳️ eight-spoked asterisk?

U+2733 U+FE0F (Unicode 6.0, 2010) · :eight_spoked_asterisk:

Which emojis are related to ✳️ eight-spoked asterisk?

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