Unicode Character "★" U+2605 Black Star
Unicode Version 15.1
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Summary
The unicode character "★" at code point U+2605 is Black Star. It is a character in the Miscellaneous Symbols block and is part of the Common script. The character is an other symbol. The UTF-8 encoding of "★" is 0xE2 0x98 0x85 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x2605.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2605 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Black Star |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Entity | ★ ★ |
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ★ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ★ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x98 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2605 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002605 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2605 |