Slavonic asterisk ꙳
A decorative asterisk from Church Slavonic texts.
Slavonic asterisk codes
| Unicode | U+A673 |
| Official name | SLAVONIC ASTERISK |
| Unicode block | Cyrillic Extended-B |
| HTML (hex) | ꙳ |
| HTML (decimal) | ꙳ |
| CSS | content: "\A673"; |
| JavaScript | "\uA673" |
| Python | "\N{SLAVONIC ASTERISK}" |
| URL-encoded | %EA%99%B3 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EA 99 B3 |
How to type ꙳
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer and search for “slavonic asterisk”. Or switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option and type
A673. - Windows: in Word, type
A673and 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
a673, 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 slavonic asterisk is used for
- Typesetting Church Slavonic liturgical and historical texts.
- Scholarly editions of early Cyrillic manuscripts.
Good to know
This is a specialist character. Unless your font is built for Church Slavonic (such as the Ponomar Unicode or Monomakh fonts), it may show up as an empty box. If you just want a decorative asterisk, ✻ or ❊ are much safer choices.
Will it show up? Rarely supported. Many devices show a box unless a Church Slavonic font is installed.