Star symbols
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About these stars
Stars for ratings (★★★★☆), bullet points, names and a little sparkle. The filled ★ and outline ☆ pair works well for scores.
This set has 49 symbols in 4 groups: basic (17), multi-pointed stars (14), asterisks (11), emoji style (7).
The oldest came with Unicode 1.1 in 1993; the newest arrived in Unicode 10.0 (2017), so very old phones may miss a few.
How to type the popular stars
Shortcuts from our keyboard tables. Alt codes need the numeric keypad; the Mac keys are for the U.S. layout.
| Symbol | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| ★Star symbol | 2605 Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ☆White star symbol | 2606 Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ✪Circled white star | 272A Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ✩Outlined star | 2729 Alt+X | Character Viewer |
| ✦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 |
| *Asterisk | Alt+42 | 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+2734) 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 (27) from the Dingbats block.
| Unicode block | Symbols | Unicode versions |
|---|---|---|
| Dingbats | 27 | 1.1 |
| Miscellaneous Symbols | 3 | 1.1, 5.1 |
| General Punctuation | 3 | 1.1, 3.2 |
| Mathematical Operators | 2 | 1.1 |
| Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows | 2 | 5.1 |
| Miscellaneous Technical | 1 | 1.1 |
| Basic Latin | 1 | 1.1 |
| Small Form Variants | 1 | 1.1 |
| Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | 1 | 1.1 |
| Cyrillic Extended-B | 1 | 5.1 |
Questions people ask
How do I copy stars?
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 stars 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 10.0 (2017) and need a recent system update.
How do I type ★ on a keyboard?
On Windows: 2605 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.