Star and crescent emoji ☪️
Emoji 0.7 (2014) · U+262A U+FE0F
What ☪️ means
The keywords Unicode lists for ☪️ are crescent, islam, Muslim, ramadan, religion, star. They show what people use it for.
Search for crescent or islam on your emoji keyboard and ☪️ is among the results.
You will find ☪️ among the religion (13 emoji), part of symbols with 224 emoji in all. Its neighbours include ☮️ 🕎 🔯 🪯.
Will ☪️ show on my friend's phone?
One of the first emoji ever: ☪️ is part of Emoji 0.7 from 2014, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.
How to type ☪️
Search for star and crescent in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find ☪️.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type star and crescent.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type star and crescent in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type star and crescent.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, ☪️ is 2 code points (U+262A U+FE0F), 6 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+262A U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ☪️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ☪️ | |
| CSS | content: "\262A \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u262A\uFE0F | |
| URL | %E2%98%AA%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 98 AA EF B8 8F |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ☪️ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | star and crescent |
| Português | estrela e lua crescente |
| Español | media luna y estrella |
| Italiano | mezzaluna e stella |
| Français | lune et étoile |
| Deutsch | Hilal und Stern |
| Türkçe | ay yıldız |
| Bahasa Indonesia | bintang dan bulan |
| Polski | gwiazda i półksiężyc |
| Русский | звезда и полумесяц |
| 日本語 | 星と三日月 |
| 한국어 | 초승달과 별 |
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All symbols emoji →Questions people ask
What does the star and crescent emoji mean?
Unicode calls ☪️ "star and crescent" and links it with crescent, islam, Muslim, ramadan. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the religion subgroup of symbols.
When was the star and crescent emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.7 from 2014, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the star and crescent emoji?
Search for star and crescent in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find ☪️.