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Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk Symbol ✻

U+273B is an excellent symbol for winter-themed blogs and creatives. It can be used there as a small basic snowflake with an ordinary shape. When combined with other asterisks, this sign depicts a night starry sky and creates a magical mood. Someone could mistake this dingbat for a flower or sun in a simple design.

The universal nature of symbol U+273B is readily explained: it's a six-pointed shape with equal drop-like rays and a little circle in the center. The icon's elements are all filled with a black background.

The symbol "Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk" is part of the "Stars and asterisks" Sub-block of the "Dingbats" Block and was added to Unicode in 1993 as part of version 1.1.

Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk Symbol Information

Symbol Name
Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk
Unicode Version
1.1 (June 1993)
Unicode
U+273B
CSS Code
\273B
Hex Code
✻
HTML Code
✻
Latex
\ding{91}
Alt Code
10043
Symbol
✻

Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk Symbol Encoding

UTF-8
0xE2 0x9C 0xBB
UTF-16
0x273B
UTF-32
0x0000273B

Teardrop-Spoked AsteriskSymbol's PNG and SVG files

Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk symbol png image
Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk symbol svg image

Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk Symbol in Latex

Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk
1\documentclass{article} 2\usepackage{pifont} 3\ding{91} 4\end{document}

How to add teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems

You can type the teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:

How to type teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol on Microsoft Word

You can type the teardrop-spoked asterisk in Microsoft Word using steps mentioned below:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol and type 273B
  • Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
  • The original 273B is now transformed into ✻

How to type teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol on Microsoft Windows

You can type the teardrop-spoked asterisk on Microsoft windows using following steps:

  • Hold Alt and press 10043 to type teardrop-spoked asterisk on your windows machine.

How to type teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol on Mac OS

You can type the 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 "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
Mac OS Character Viewer
Mac OS Character Viewer

How to type teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol on Linux

You can type the 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 273B consecutively
  • And then press ↵ Enter , the desired symbol will be added to your document

How to type teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol on IOS and Android

The easiest way to type the teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.

How to use teardrop-spoked asterisk in CSS

//CSS Example
1span { 2 content: \273B; 3 }

How to use teardrop-spoked asterisk in HTML

//HTML Example
1<span>&#10043;</span>

Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk symbol representation in programming languages

Teardrop-Spoked Asterisksymbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:

LanguageRepresentation
Rust
\u{273B}
Ruby
\u{273B}
Python
\u273B
PHP
\u{273B}
Perl
\x{273B}
Java
\u273B
Modern JavaScript - Since ES6
\u{273B}
JavaScript
\u273B
Go
\u273B
C#
\u273B
C and C++
\u273B
Bash and Zsh - inside echo -e
\u273B
RFC 5137
\u'273B'