Twelve Pointed Star Symbol ✹
U+2739 is a star with twenty equilateral beams. A completely painted shape resembles the sun and is frequently used in this context. The symbol serves as a typographic ornament, or dingbat. It can be found in headlines, footnotes, highlighted paragraphs, and list items. It is also utilized in the ornamentation of various thematic icons.
There are two other Unicode characters with the same concise design as the twelve-pointed star: five-pointed and four-pointed filled. The emblem represents a simple sun with an open center.
The symbol "Twelve Pointed Black Star" is found in the "Stars and asterisks" Sub-block of the "Dingbats" Block and was added to Unicode in 1993 as part of Unicode version 1.1.
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Twelve Pointed Star Symbol Information
| Symbol Name | Twelve Pointed Star |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 (June 1993) |
| Unicode | U+2739 |
| CSS Code | \2739 |
Twelve Pointed Star Symbol Encoding
| UTF-8 | 0xE2 0x9C 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 | 0x2739 |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002739 |
Table of contents
- Twelve Pointed Star PNG and SVG files
- How to type twelve pointed star in latex
- How to type twelve pointed star on Microsoft Word
- How to type twelve pointed star on Microsoft Windows
- How to type twelve pointed star on Mac OS
- How to type twelve pointed star on Linux
- How to type twelve pointed star on IOS and Android
- How to use twelve pointed star in CSS
- How to use twelve pointed star in HTML
- Twelve Pointed Star representation in programming languages
Twelve Pointed Star symbol's PNG and SVG files
How to type twelve pointed star symbol in latex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pifont}
\ding{89}
\end{document}
How to add twelve pointed star symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems
You can type the twelve pointed star on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
How to type twelve pointed star symbol on Microsoft Word
You can type the twelve pointed star 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 9
- Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
- The original 2 7 3 9 is now transformed into ✹
How to type twelve pointed star symbol on Microsoft Windows
You can type the twelve pointed star on Microsoft windows using following steps:
- Hold Alt and press 2 7 3 9 to type twelve pointed star on your windows machine.
How to type twelve pointed star symbol on Mac OS
You can type the twelve pointed star 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 “Twelve Pointed Star” 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 twelve pointed star symbol on Linux
You can type the twelve pointed star 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 9 consecutively
- And then press ↵ Enter , the desired symbol will be added to your document
How to type twelve pointed star symbol on IOS and Android
The easiest way to type the twelve pointed star on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.
How to use twelve pointed star in CSS
span {
content: "\2739";
}
How to type twelve pointed star in HTML
<span>✹</span>
Twelve Pointed Star symbol representation in programming languages
twelve pointed star's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:
| Language | Representation |
| Rust | \u{2739} |
| Ruby | \u{2739} |
| Python | \u2739 |
| PHP | \u{2739} |
| Perl | "\x{2739}" |
| Java | \u2739 |
| Modern JavaScript - Since ES6 | \u{2739} |
| JavaScript | \u2739 |
| Go | \u2739 |
| C# | \u2739 |
| C and C++ | \u2739 |
| Bash and Zsh - inside echo -e | \u2739 |
| RFC 5137 | \u'2739' |