✰ is the Unicode character SHADOWED WHITE STAR, code point U+2730 (decimal 10032) in the Dingbats block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ✰, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 9C B0.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2730 |
| Decimal | 10032 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9C B0 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2730 |
| UTF-32 | 00002730 |
| HTML decimal | ✰ |
| HTML hex | ✰ |
| CSS | \2730 |
| JavaScript | \u2730 |
| JSON | \u2730 |
| Python | \u2730 |
| Python by name | \N{SHADOWED WHITE STAR} |
| Java, C# | \u2730 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2730} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2730 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%9C%B0 |
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 | SHADOWED WHITE STAR |
| Code point | U+2730 (decimal 10032) |
| Block | Dingbats (U+2700–U+27BF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Dingbats
- ✨ U+2728 Sparkles
- ✩ U+2729 Stress Outlined White Star
- ✪ U+272A Circled White Star
- ✫ U+272B Open Centre Black Star
- ✬ U+272C Black Centre White Star
- ✭ U+272D Outlined Black Star
- ✮ U+272E Heavy Outlined Black Star
- ✯ U+272F Pinwheel Star
- ✱ U+2731 Heavy Asterisk
- ✲ U+2732 Open Centre Asterisk
- ✳ U+2733 Eight-spoked asterisk
- ✴ U+2734 Eight-pointed star
- ✵ U+2735 Eight Pointed Pinwheel Star
- ✶ U+2736 Six Pointed Black Star
- ✷ U+2737 Eight Pointed Rectilinear Black Star
- ✸ U+2738 Heavy Eight Pointed Rectilinear Black Star
All 192 characters: Dingbats.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ✰?
- Use ✰ (decimal) or ✰ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2730?
- E2 9C B0 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%9C%B0.
- How do I write U+2730 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2730. Python: \u2730.
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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