Heavy Eight Teardrop-Spoked Propeller Asterisk
The heavy eight teardrop-spoked propeller asterisk (❋) sits at code point U+274B in Unicode. It belongs to the stars family and pastes as plain text, so it keeps working across documents, messages and web pages. Below you can copy it in one click and grab the exact HTML, CSS and JavaScript codes you need to reproduce it anywhere.
| Symbol | ❋ | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+274B | |
| Name | Heavy Eight Teardrop-Spoked Propeller Asterisk | |
| HTML (decimal) | ❋ | |
| HTML (hex) | ❋ | |
| CSS content | \274B | |
| JavaScript / JSON | \u274B | |
| UTF-8 bytes | 0xE2 0x9D 0x8B | |
| UTF-16 units | 0x274B |
How do you type the heavy eight teardrop-spoked propeller asterisk on each platform?
| Where | How to type it |
|---|---|
| Any device | Click the ❋ at the top of this page. It goes straight to your clipboard, and you paste it with Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac. This is the only method that behaves identically everywhere. |
| Windows | There is no short alt code for this character. Press Win and the full stop key to open the emoji and symbol panel, then use the symbols tab and search for heavy eight teardrop-spoked propeller asterisk. |
| macOS | Add Unicode Hex Input under Keyboard settings, switch to it, then hold Option and type 274B. Without that input source, open the Character Viewer with Control+Command+Space and search for heavy eight teardrop-spoked propeller asterisk. |
| Linux and ChromeOS | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 274b, then press Enter or the space bar. This works in GTK applications and with IBus. |
| Microsoft Word | Type 274B in the document, then press Alt and X together with the cursor immediately after the last digit. Word replaces the digits with ❋. |
| Google Docs | Insert, then Special characters, then paste U+274B or type heavy eight teardrop-spoked propeller asterisk in the search box. You can also draw the shape in the sketch pad on the right. |
| Excel and Google Sheets | Use the formula UNICHAR(10059) in a cell. Copy the cell and paste it as a value if you want the character rather than the formula. |
| HTML | Write ❋ or ❋. There is no standard named entity for this character. On a page served as UTF-8 the character itself also works. |
| CSS | Use content: "\274B" inside a ::before or ::after rule. Terminate the escape with a space if the next character is also a hexadecimal digit. |
| JavaScript | The escape \u274B produces this character inside a string literal, and the same escape is valid in JSON. |
More detail per platform: Windows alt codes, special characters on a Mac, special characters in Word and HTML entities.
Frequently asked questions
How do I copy the heavy eight teardrop-spoked propeller asterisk symbol?
Click the ❋ above or the copy button and it is placed on your clipboard. Paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. It is a real text character, so it works in documents, chats and code.
What is the Unicode code point for heavy eight teardrop-spoked propeller asterisk?
The heavy eight teardrop-spoked propeller asterisk has the Unicode code point U+274B. In HTML you can write it as ❋ or ❋.
Does the heavy eight teardrop-spoked propeller asterisk symbol work everywhere?
In almost every modern app and font, yes. If a font does not include this glyph you may see a placeholder box, but the underlying character U+274B is still correct and will render in a font that supports it.
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