In typography, a star is any of several graphemes with a number of points arrayed within an imaginary circle. A commonly used star symbol is the asterisk.

The list below is arranged by number of points typically found on the star grapheme, but the character displayed may differ according which computer font is being used by the viewer's system. A type designer may specify a glyph for a particular grapheme that has a different number of points from that chosen by another designer for the same grapheme. For example, whether the asterisk grapheme has a five‑ or a six-point glyph depends on typeface. In this article, the characters displayed are representative glyphs, whose appearance is determined by the system font on the reader's computer operating systems and web browsers: a colleague using a different system may see slightly different forms. For the same reason, some glyphs may be shown on some systems in their emoji variant rather than their text form.

Four points

<span style="font-size:400%; padding:0"">✦ ✧ ✨ ⌑ 𖥔</span>

  • (any solid colour, such as )
  • (any outline colour, such as )

Five points

<span style="font-size:400%; padding:0">* *️⃣ ≛ ⋆ ⍟ ⍣ ★ ☆ ☪ ☪️ ⚝ ⛤ ⛥ ⛦ ⛧ ✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ ⭐ ⭑ ⭒ 🌟 🌠 𖤐 ٭</span>

  • When combined with and this character is displayed as the emoji Keycap Asterisk: *️⃣
  • This character has an emoji presentation (☪️) when used with .

See also

  • Mullet (heraldry)

Six points

<span style="font-size:400%; padding:0">∗ ⚹ ✡ ✡️ ✶ ꙳ 🔯 ꘎ ＊ 🞵 🞶 🞷 🞸 🞹 🞺 </span>100px

  • "may be used to represent the telephony asterisk seen on keypads".
  • (an astrological symbol)
  • This character has an emoji presentation (✡️) when used with .
  • Six spoke asterisk, various weights
  • "may represent the 'star' symbol devised in ITU-T E.161 for use on telephony devices"
  • Star of Life: 30px (not in Unicode)
  • Astronomical symbol for star: class=skin-invert-image|frameless|upright=0.15|star (several Unicode characters have a similar appearance, none are identified in the standard specifically for this use)

See also

  • Seal of Solomon
  • Hexagram

Seven points

  • Commonwealth Star
  • Heptagram

Eight points

<span style="font-size:400%; padding:0">⁕ ꥟ ✳ ✳️ ✴ ✴️ ✵ ✷ ✸ ❂ 𒀭 ۞ 𖤓</span>

  • This character has an emoji presentation (✳️) when used with .

Nine points

<span style="font-size:400%; padding:0"> 🟙 </span>

  • (Baháʼí symbols#Nine-pointed star)

See also

  • Enneagram

Ten points

  • Decagram

Eleven points

<span style="font-size:400%; padding:0"> 𖣔 </span>

  • Hendecagram

Twelve points

<span style="font-size:400%; padding:0"> ✹ </span>

See also

  • Blue Sky with a White Sun
  • Dodecagram

Thirteen points

  • Tridecagram

Fourteen points

  • Tetradecagram

Fifteen points

  • Pentadecagram

Sixteen points

<span style="font-size:400%; padding:0"> ✺ </span>

See also

  • Hexadecagram

Multiple stars

<span style="font-size:400%; padding:0"> ✨ ⁑ ⁂ ᕯ 𖤉 </span>

  • (Emoji)

Notes

References

See also

  • Asterisk
  • Asterism (typography)
  • Unicode symbols
  • Star polygon
  • Polygons