Star Symbols
There are 18 star symbols on this page, every one a real Unicode character you can copy with a single click. The most looked-up are Black Star ★ (U+2605) and White Star ☆ (U+2606).
Stars carry rating, quality and a little bit of sparkle. This hub gathers the solid black star used in five-star ratings, the outlined white star for empty slots, and the decorative sparkle and asterisk-style stars people use to frame a name. Each one is a plain text character, so a row of them survives a copy into a review, a heading or a social profile.
Most looked-up stars
How do you copy and paste star symbols?
Click the character in the grid above and it goes straight to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is installed: these are plain text characters, so they land in a document, a spreadsheet cell, a caption, a username or a line of code and keep working when the font changes.
If you need the code rather than the character, open any symbol's own page from the table below. Each one lists the Unicode code point, the decimal and hex HTML entities, the CSS content escape, the JavaScript escape, the UTF-8 bytes and the Windows alt code where one exists, each with its own copy button.
Full star symbols list with Unicode and HTML codes
All 18 star symbols on this page with the codes you need to reproduce them anywhere. The character column is the glyph itself, so you can select and copy straight from the table.
| Symbol | Name | Unicode | HTML | Alt code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | Black Star | U+2605 | ★ | Alt 9733 |
| ☆ | White Star | U+2606 | ☆ | Alt 9734 |
| ✦ | Black Four Pointed Star | U+2726 | ✦ | none |
| ✧ | White Four Pointed Star | U+2727 | ✧ | none |
| ✩ | Stress Outlined White Star | U+2729 | ✩ | none |
| ✪ | Circled White Star | U+272A | ✪ | none |
| ✫ | Open Centre Black Star | U+272B | ✫ | none |
| ✬ | Black Centre White Star | U+272C | ✬ | none |
| ✭ | Outlined Black Star | U+272D | ✭ | none |
| ✮ | Heavy Outlined Black Star | U+272E | ✮ | none |
| ✯ | Pinwheel Star | U+272F | ✯ | none |
| ⭐ | White Medium Star | U+2B50 | ⭐ | none |
| 🌟 | Glowing Star | U+1F31F | 🌟 | none |
| ✨ | Sparkles | U+2728 | ✨ | none |
| ❄ | Snowflake | U+2744 | ❄ | none |
| ❇ | Sparkle | U+2747 | ❇ | none |
| ✳ | Eight Spoked Asterisk | U+2733 | ✳ | none |
| ❋ | Heavy Eight Teardrop-Spoked Propeller Asterisk | U+274B | ❋ | none |
How do you type star symbols without copying?
On Windows, the 2 characters here that have an alt code can be typed by holding Alt and entering the digits on the numeric keypad. For anything else, press Win+. to open the emoji and symbol panel, or use Insert then Symbol in Microsoft Word, where you can also type the hex code point and press Alt+X.
On macOS, add the Unicode Hex Input source in Keyboard settings, then hold Option and type the four hex digits of the code point. On ChromeOS and on Linux with GTK or IBus, press Ctrl+Shift+U, type the hex code point and press Enter or space. On the web, the numeric HTML entity in the table above always works, whatever the reader's keyboard.
Frequently asked questions
How do I copy a star symbol?
Click any glyph in the grid on this page and it is copied to your clipboard instantly. Paste it with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. Each symbol also has its own page with the code point, HTML entity and alt code.
What are the most used star symbols?
The ones people look up most in this set are Black Star ★ (U+2605) and White Star ☆ (U+2606). All of them are listed with their codes in the reference table on this page.
Do star symbols have Windows alt codes?
2 of the 18 star symbols here have a documented Windows alt code, for example ★ is Alt 9733; ☆ is Alt 9734. Hold Alt, type the digits on the numeric keypad, then release Alt. For everything else, copy the character or use the HTML entity.
Can I use star symbols in HTML and CSS?
Yes. Every symbol here has a numeric HTML entity that works in any browser, and none of them needs a named entity. In CSS use the escape shown on each symbol page inside a content property, and keep the file saved as UTF-8.
Are these star symbols real text or images?
They are real Unicode text characters, not images. That means they paste cleanly into documents, captions, usernames and code, and they scale with your font instead of blurring.
Why does a star symbol show as an empty box?
An empty box or question mark means the font in use has no glyph for that code point, or the text was decoded with the wrong character set. The character itself is still correct, so switching to a font with wider coverage, or serving the page as UTF-8, brings it back.
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