WHITE STAR
Overview
Rating interfaces rely on the contrast between U+2606 and U+2605 BLACK STAR: the white star is the hollow, outlined form, and the black star the filled one, so alternating the two renders a partial score without any graphics. Unicode places it in Miscellaneous Symbols with the general category So (symbol, other). The words white and black in the two names refer strictly to fill, not to colour — a rendering engine is free to draw either glyph in any hue, and typefaces routinely do. Unlike U+2B50 WHITE MEDIUM STAR, this code point has no standard emoji presentation, so it normally appears in the surrounding text colour.
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Encoding Table
| Format | Value | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+2606 | |
| decimal | 9734 | |
| htmldecimal | ☆ | |
| htmlhex | ☆ | |
| css | \2606 | |
| javascript | \u{2606} | |
| python | \u2606 | |
| java | \u2606 | |
| go | \u2606 | |
| ruby | \u{2606} | |
| rust | \u{2606} | |
| ccpp | \u2606 | |
| urlencoded | %E2%98%86 | |
| utf8bytes | e2 98 86 | |
| utf16bebytes | 26 06 | |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 26 06 |
How to Use
☆
content: "\2606"
"\u{2606}"
"\u2606"
Properties
- Block
- Miscellaneous Symbols
- Script
- Zyyy
- Category
- Other Symbol (So)
- Bidirectional
- ON
- Combining
- 0
- Mirrored
- No
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ☆ character (WHITE STAR)?
☆ (WHITE STAR) is the Unicode character U+2606.
What is the Unicode codepoint of WHITE STAR?
The WHITE STAR character (☆) has codepoint U+2606.
How do I type or copy WHITE STAR?
Copy ☆ directly, or use the HTML entity, UTF-8, and code encodings shown on this page.