Arabic five-pointed star ٭
An Arabic punctuation mark that does the job of an asterisk in Arabic text.
Arabic five-pointed star codes
| Unicode | U+066D |
| Official name | ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR |
| Unicode block | Arabic |
| HTML (hex) | ٭ |
| HTML (decimal) | ٭ |
| CSS | content: "\066D"; |
| JavaScript | "\u066D" |
| Python | "\N{ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR}" |
| URL-encoded | %D9%AD |
| UTF-8 bytes | D9 AD |
How to type ٭
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer and search for “arabic five pointed star”. Or switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option and type
066D. - Windows: in Word, type
066Dand press Alt + X. Windows has no Alt code for this character, so copying it from this page is the fastest route in other apps. - Chromebook and Linux: press Ctrl + Shift + U, type
066d, then press Space or Enter. - iPhone and Android: copy it from this page, then save it as a text replacement so a short code like
;asttypes it for you. Here's how on iPhone.
What the arabic five-pointed star is used for
- Marking notes or emphasis in Arabic-script text.
- Keeping an asterisk-like mark in the right position inside right-to-left text.
Good to know
Because it belongs to the Arabic block, it behaves correctly inside right-to-left text, while the Latin * can sometimes jump to the wrong side of a word in mixed-direction lines. Despite its name, many fonts draw it as a small five-armed asterisk rather than a filled star.
Will it show up? Supported by every font with Arabic coverage, which includes the system fonts on all major platforms.