Eight-spoked asterisk ✳
An eight-armed asterisk. It's also an emoji: ✳️, usually drawn as a white asterisk on a green tile.
Eight-spoked asterisk codes
| Unicode | U+2733 |
| Official name | EIGHT SPOKED ASTERISK |
| Unicode block | Dingbats |
| HTML (hex) | ✳ |
| HTML (decimal) | ✳ |
| CSS | content: "\2733"; |
| JavaScript | "\u2733" |
| Python | "\N{EIGHT SPOKED ASTERISK}" |
| URL-encoded | %E2%9C%B3 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9C B3 |
How to type ✳
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer and search for “eight spoked asterisk”. Or switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option and type
2733. - Windows: in Word, type
2733and 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
2733, 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 eight-spoked asterisk is used for
- The ✳️ emoji in messages and social posts.
- Highlighting a point in a list.
- Eight-point decorative ornaments.
Good to know
This character can appear as plain text or as an emoji. Adding the invisible variation selector U+FE0F asks for the emoji (✳️). U+FE0E asks for the plain text version (✳︎). Without either, each app decides, which is why the same character can look different in different places. Both versions are on this page so you can copy the exact one you want.
Will it show up? Supported everywhere, but whether it shows as text or as an emoji depends on the app unless you copy a specific version.