Teardrop-spoked asterisk ✻
Six teardrop-shaped petals. It's a softer, flower-like asterisk.
Teardrop-spoked asterisk codes
| Unicode | U+273B |
| Official name | TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK |
| Unicode block | Dingbats |
| HTML (hex) | ✻ |
| HTML (decimal) | ✻ |
| CSS | content: "\273B"; |
| JavaScript | "\u273B" |
| Python | "\N{TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK}" |
| URL-encoded | %E2%9C%BB |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9C BB |
How to type ✻
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer and search for “teardrop-spoked asterisk”. Or switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option and type
273B. - Windows: in Word, type
273Band 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
273b, 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 teardrop-spoked asterisk is used for
- Floral bullets and dividers.
- Wedding, bakery and craft-style text decoration.
- Gentle footnote marks in friendly designs.
Good to know
It's the outline-weight member of a small family. ✼ has an open centre and ✽ is the heavy version. Pick the weight that matches the surrounding text.
Will it show up? Supported on all current major platforms.