Meaning
A single glowing five-pointed star — achievement, fame, or something shining.
In conversation
For winners ('you're a star'), favorites, or gentle sparkle. Calmer than ✨.
Tone
Warm and approving.Common uses
- praising someone
- saying 'you're a star'
- favorites
- night sky vibes
Watch out
Similar to ⭐ — 🌟 is glow, ⭐ is the plain star.
Examples
- you're a star 🌟
- five stars 🌟
- star of the show 🌟
- shine bright 🌟
Also known as
glowing starstar emojishining
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Editorial guidance based on common usage — actual meaning always depends on context and who's sending it.
Developer
Unicode data
Code points
U+1F31FUnicode name
glowing starUTF-8
F0 9F 8C 9FShortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack)
:glowing_star:HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)
🌟HTML (decimal)
🌟CSS
\1F31F Languages
JavaScript
\u{1F31F}Python
\U0001F31FPerl
\x{1F31F}PHP / Ruby
\u{1F31F}Encodings
Punycode
xn--ch8hURL escape code
%F0%9F%8C%9FSee this emoji in open styles
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