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.
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Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk Symbol Information
| Symbol Name | Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 (June 1993) |
| Unicode | U+273B |
| CSS Code | \273B |
Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk Symbol Encoding
| UTF-8 | 0xE2 0x9C 0xBB |
| UTF-16 | 0x273B |
| UTF-32 | 0x0000273B |
Table of contents
- Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk PNG and SVG files
- How to type teardrop-spoked asterisk in latex
- How to type teardrop-spoked asterisk on Microsoft Word
- How to type teardrop-spoked asterisk on Microsoft Windows
- How to type teardrop-spoked asterisk on Mac OS
- How to type teardrop-spoked asterisk on Linux
- How to type teardrop-spoked asterisk on IOS and Android
- How to use teardrop-spoked asterisk in CSS
- How to use teardrop-spoked asterisk in HTML
- Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk representation in programming languages
Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk symbol's PNG and SVG files
How to type teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol in latex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pifont}
\ding{91}
\end{document}
How to add teardrop-spoked asterisk symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems
You can type the teardrop-spoked asterisk 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 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 B
- Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
- The original 2 7 3 B 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 1 0 0 4 3 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
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 2 7 3 B 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 on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.
How to use teardrop-spoked asterisk in CSS
span {
content: "\273B";
}
How to type teardrop-spoked asterisk in HTML
<span>✻</span>
Teardrop-Spoked Asterisk symbol representation in programming languages
teardrop-spoked asterisk's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:
| Language | Representation |
| 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' |