Sparkle symbols
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About these sparkles
Sparkles and twinkles: ✦ ✧ ⋆ ✨ ⊹ and combos for that glittery look in bios.
This set has 61 symbols in 3 groups: basic (42), combos (12), emoji style (7).
The oldest came with Unicode 1.1 in 1993; the newest arrived in Unicode 13.0 (2020), so very old phones may miss a few.
How to type the popular sparkles
Shortcuts from our keyboard tables. Alt codes need the numeric keypad; the Mac keys are for the U.S. layout.
| Symbol | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| ✦Four-pointed star | 2726 Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ✧White four-pointed star | 2727 Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ⋆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 |
| ✩Outlined star | 2729 Alt+X | Character Viewer |
Symbols or emoji?
This set mixes 42 text symbols and 7 emoji. Text symbols take the colour and font of the text around them; emoji like ✨ are small colour pictures drawn by your phone or computer, so they look different on iPhone, Android and Windows.
Some characters exist in both forms. ✳ (U+2733) is a text symbol; add the invisible emoji selector U+FE0F and it becomes the emoji ✳️ on most phones.
Unicode blocks and versions
They come from 10 Unicode blocks; most of them (23) from the Dingbats block.
| Unicode block | Symbols | Unicode versions |
|---|---|---|
| Dingbats | 23 | 1.1 |
| Spacing Modifier Letters | 3 | 1.1 |
| Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | 3 | 1.1 |
| General Punctuation | 3 | 3.2, 4.1 |
| Mathematical Operators | 2 | 1.1 |
| Superscripts and Subscripts | 2 | 1.1 |
| Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A | 2 | 3.2 |
| Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows | 2 | 5.1 |
| Supplemental Punctuation | 1 | 5.1 |
| Batak | 1 | 6.0 |
Questions people ask
How do I copy sparkles?
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 sparkles 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 13.0 (2020) and need a recent system update.
How do I type ✦ on a keyboard?
On Windows: 2726 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?
42 of them are text symbols and 7 are emoji. Text symbols follow your text colour; emoji are colour pictures whose look depends on 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.