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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.

Twelve Pointed Star Symbol Information

Symbol Name
Twelve Pointed Star
Unicode Version
1.1 (June 1993)
Unicode
U+2739
CSS Code
\2739
Hex Code
✹
HTML Code
✹
Latex
\ding{89}
Alt Code
2739
Symbol
✹

Twelve Pointed Star Symbol Encoding

UTF-8
0xE2 0x9C 0xB9
UTF-16
0x2739
UTF-32
0x00002739

Twelve Pointed StarSymbol's PNG and SVG files

Twelve Pointed Star symbol png image
Twelve Pointed Star symbol svg image

Twelve Pointed Star Symbol in Latex

Twelve Pointed Star
1\documentclass{article} 2\usepackage{pifont} 3\ding{89} 4\end{document}

How to add twelve pointed star symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems

You can type the twelve pointed star symbol 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 in Microsoft Word using steps mentioned below:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol and type 2739
  • Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
  • The original 2739 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 2739 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
Mac OS Character Viewer
Mac OS Character Viewer

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 2739 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 symbol on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.

How to use twelve pointed star in CSS

//CSS Example
1span { 2 content: \2739; 3 }

How to use twelve pointed star in HTML

//HTML Example
1<span>&#10041;</span>

Twelve Pointed Star symbol representation in programming languages

Twelve Pointed Starsymbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:

LanguageRepresentation
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'