Heavy Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk Symbol ✽
This icon depicts a large star with rays that resemble raindrops. The six-pointed symbol is reminiscent of a schematically drawn snowflake or flower, or it could be a typographic asterisk for footnotes and remarks. This dingbat is frequently used to embellish stationery, books, periodicals, and pamphlets. It can be found in virtual writings such as web sites, nicknames, set decorations, and frames.
This teardrop-spoked asterisk can be combined with other bold and hefty icons. For instance, with a chevron snowflake or a flash.
The symbol "Heavy Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk" is part of the "Dingbats" Block's "Stars and asterisks" Subblock and was approved as part of Unicode version 1.1 in 1993.
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Heavy Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk Symbol Information
Symbol Name | Heavy Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk |
Unicode Version | 1.1 (June 1993) |
Unicode | U+273D |
CSS Code | \273D |
Heavy Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk Symbol Encoding
UTF-8 | 0xE2 0x9C 0xBD |
UTF-16 | 0x273D |
UTF-32 | 0x0000273D |
Table of contents
- Heavy Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk PNG and SVG files
- How to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk in latex
- How to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk on Microsoft Word
- How to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk on Microsoft Windows
- How to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk on Mac OS
- How to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk on Linux
- How to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk on IOS and Android
- How to use heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk in CSS
- How to use heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk in HTML
- Heavy Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk representation in programming languages
Heavy Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk symbol's PNG and SVG files
How to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol in latex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pifont}
\ding{93}
\end{document}
How to add heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems
You can type the heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
How to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol on Microsoft Word
You can type the heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk on microsoft Microsoft Word using steps mentioned below:
- Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol and type 2 7 3 D
- Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
- The original 2 7 3 D is now transformed into ✽
How to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol on Microsoft Windows
You can type the heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk on Microsoft windows using following steps:
- Hold Alt and press 1 0 0 4 5 to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk on your windows machine.
How to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol on Mac OS
You can type the heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk on Mac OS using following steps:
- Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
- Press Ctrl + ⌘ Command + ⎵ Space to bring up the Character Viewer. Alternatively, choose Edit ⇒ Emoji & Symbols
- Type “Heavy Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk” in the search field at the top and press Enter
- The symbol should appear. Click on it to insert it into your text


How to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol on Linux
You can type the heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk on Linux using following steps:
- Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
- Hold ⇧ Shift + Ctrl and press the letter + U
- Press keys 2 7 3 D consecutively
- And then press ↵ Enter , the desired symbol will be added to your document
How to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol on IOS and Android
The easiest way to type the heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.
How to use heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk in CSS
span {
content: "\273D";
}
How to type heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk in HTML
<span>✽</span>
Heavy Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk symbol representation in programming languages
heavy teardrop-spoked asterisk's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:
Language | Representation |
Rust | \u{273D} |
Ruby | \u{273D} |
Python | \u273D |
PHP | \u{273D} |
Perl | "\x{273D}" |
Java | \u273D |
Modern JavaScript - Since ES6 | \u{273D} |
JavaScript | \u273D |
Go | \u273D |
C# | \u273D |
C and C++ | \u273D |
Bash and Zsh - inside echo -e | \u273D |
RFC 5137 | \u'273D' |