Aesthetic symbols
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About these aesthetic
Soft, small characters people use to dress up bios and captions: ˚ ⋆ ✧ ☁ ♡ and friends, plus ready-made combos to paste as they are.
There are 80 symbols on this page, in 2 groups: basic (54), combos (26).
Unicode added them over the years, starting with version 1.1 in 1993 and most recently in version 11.0 (2018).
How to type the popular aesthetic
Shortcuts from our keyboard tables. Alt codes need the numeric keypad; the Mac keys are for the U.S. layout.
| Symbol | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| ⋆Small star (star operator) | 22C6 Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ˚Ring above (small ring) | 02DA Alt+X | ⌥ Option+K |
| ｡Halfwidth ideographic full stop | FF61 Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ⊹Sparkle cross (Hermitian conjugate) | 22B9 Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ☾Crescent moon symbol | 263E Alt+X | Character Viewer |
Symbols or emoji?
None of these are emoji. They are 54 text characters that follow the colour and font of your text, which makes them easy to style.
Unicode blocks and versions
In the Unicode tables they are spread over 29 blocks, led by Yi Radicals with 4 of them.
| Unicode block | Symbols | Unicode versions |
|---|---|---|
| Yi Radicals | 4 | 3.0 |
| CJK Compatibility Forms | 4 | 1.1 |
| Mathematical Operators | 3 | 1.1 |
| Spacing Modifier Letters | 3 | 1.1 |
| Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | 3 | 1.1 |
| Oriya | 3 | 1.1 |
| General Punctuation | 3 | 1.1 |
| Miscellaneous Technical | 3 | 1.1, 9.0 |
| Egyptian Hieroglyphs | 3 | 5.2 |
| Superscripts and Subscripts | 2 | 1.1 |
Questions people ask
How do I copy aesthetic?
Tap a symbol and it is copied. To copy several at once, turn on Collect, tap them in order and press Copy all in the bar at the bottom. Your recent symbols appear above the grid next time.
Why do some aesthetic show as boxes?
A box means your device has no font for that character. The oldest symbols here date from Unicode 1.1 (1993) and work everywhere; the newest come from Unicode 11.0 (2018) and need a recent system update.
How do I type ⋆ on a keyboard?
On Windows: 22C6 Alt+X. On a Mac, open the Character Viewer with Ctrl+⌘+Space and search for it. On a phone, copy ⋆ from here. All methods for ⋆.
Are these emoji?
No. They are text symbols: they follow your text colour and font, unlike emoji, which are colour pictures drawn by the device.
Where can I use them?
Anywhere you can type text: Instagram and TikTok bios, Discord, WhatsApp, Word, Google Docs, emails and most game chats. A few username fields accept only letters and numbers.