٭ is the Unicode character ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR, code point U+066D (decimal 1645) in the Arabic block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ٭, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes D9 AD.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+066D |
| Decimal | 1645 |
| UTF-8 bytes | D9 AD |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 066D |
| UTF-32 | 0000066D |
| HTML decimal | ٭ |
| HTML hex | ٭ |
| CSS | \66D |
| JavaScript | \u066D |
| JSON | \u066D |
| Python | \u066D |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR} |
| Java, C# | \u066D |
| Rust, Swift | \u{66D} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u066D |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %D9%AD |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR |
| Code point | U+066D (decimal 1645) |
| Block | Arabic (U+0600–U+06FF) |
| General category | Po: Other punctuation |
| Script | Arabic |
| Bidirectional class | AL: Right-to-left (Arabic) |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Arabic
- ٥ U+0665 Arabic-Indic Digit Five
- ٦ U+0666 Arabic-Indic Digit Six
- ٧ U+0667 Arabic-Indic Digit Seven
- ٨ U+0668 Arabic-Indic Digit Eight
- ٩ U+0669 Arabic-Indic Digit Nine
- ٪ U+066A Arabic Percent Sign
- ٫ U+066B Arabic Decimal Separator
- ٬ U+066C Arabic Thousands Separator
- ٮ U+066E Arabic Letter Dotless Beh
- ٯ U+066F Arabic Letter Dotless Qaf
- U+0670 Arabic Letter Superscript Alef
- ٱ U+0671 Arabic Letter Alef Wasla
- ٲ U+0672 Arabic Letter Alef With Wavy Hamza Above
- ٳ U+0673 Arabic Letter Alef With Wavy Hamza Below
- ٴ U+0674 Arabic Letter High Hamza
- ٵ U+0675 Arabic Letter High Hamza Alef
All 256 characters: Arabic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ٭?
- Use ٭ (decimal) or ٭ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+066D?
- D9 AD (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %D9%AD.
- How do I write U+066D in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u066D. Python: \u066D.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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