Unicode Character "*" U+002A Asterisk
Unicode Version 15.1
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Summary
The unicode character "*" at code point U+002A is Asterisk. It is a character in the Basic Latin block and is part of the Common script. The character is an other punctuation. The UTF-8 encoding of "*" is 0x2A and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x002A.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+002A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Asterisk |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Entity | * * |
| HTML Decimal Encoding | * |
| HTML Hex Encoding | * |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x2A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x002A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000002A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u002a |