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Star Symbols

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How to use Star Symbols

What the tool does, how to run it, and what to expect from the result.

About this star symbols

The pair worth knowing is ★ (U+2605, black star) and ☆ (U+2606, white star). Because they are text characters that take your font color, four filled stars followed by one hollow star is the simplest possible rating display, readable everywhere and copyable as text: ★★★★☆. The emoji star ⭐ is a different animal, drawn in fixed yellow by the platform, which is fine in a chat and distracting in a table. The decorative four-pointed and pinwheel stars are useful as separators in bios and headings, where a plain hyphen looks bare. One accessibility note: a rating built purely from star characters is announced by a screen reader as a string of star names, so keep the numeric value in the text as well.

Every code for each symbol: copy the character, or type it from the code.
SymbolUnicode nameCode pointHTMLWindows alt codeCSS
★Black starU+2605★Alt + 9733\2605
☆White starU+2606☆Alt + 9734\2606
✦Black four pointed starU+2726✦Alt + 10022\2726
✧White four pointed starU+2727✧Alt + 10023\2727
✩Stress outlined white starU+2729✩Alt + 10025\2729
✪Circled white starU+272A✪Alt + 10026\272A
✫Open centre black starU+272B✫Alt + 10027\272B
✬Black centre white starU+272C✬Alt + 10028\272C
✮Heavy outlined black starU+272E✮Alt + 10030\272E
✯Pinwheel starU+272F✯Alt + 10031\272F
⭐White medium starU+2B50⭐Alt + 11088\2B50
🌟Glowing starU+1F31F🌟No alt code\1F31F
✨SparklesU+2728✨Alt + 10024\2728
❋Heavy eight pointed pinwheel starU+274B❋Alt + 10059\274B
♥Black heart suitU+2665♥Alt + 9829\2665
♡White heart suitU+2661♡Alt + 9825\2661
❤Heavy black heartU+2764❤Alt + 10084\2764
❥Rotated heavy black heart bulletU+2765❥Alt + 10085\2765
❣Heavy heart exclamation markU+2763❣Alt + 10083\2763
💕Two heartsU+1F495💕No alt code\1F495
💖Sparkling heartU+1F496💖No alt code\1F496
💗Growing heartU+1F497💗No alt code\1F497
💘Heart with arrowU+1F498💘No alt code\1F498
💙Blue heartU+1F499💙No alt code\1F499
💚Green heartU+1F49A💚No alt code\1F49A
💛Yellow heartU+1F49B💛No alt code\1F49B
🖤Black heartU+1F5A4🖤No alt code\1F5A4
🤍White heartU+1F90D🤍No alt code\1F90D
💔Broken heartU+1F494💔No alt code\1F494
♥️Heart suit, emoji presentationU+2665 FE0F♥Alt + 9829\2665 FE0F
At a glance

Who Star Symbols is for

A quick way to understand who this helps, what it solves, and where it connects next.

Best fit

Anyone writing ratings, bios, or decorative text.

Ideal for

Using the star symbols without installing anything or signing up.

FAQ

Common questions

Short answers for the questions people usually have before trying a utility like this.

How do I make a star rating with text?

Repeat the filled star for the score and the hollow star for the remainder, for example ★★★★☆ for four out of five. Both are ordinary characters, so the row copies and pastes intact.

What is the difference between ★ and ⭐?

The black star is a text character that inherits your font color and size. The emoji star is drawn by your platform in its own yellow artwork and ignores your text color.

Can I use stars in a spreadsheet?

Yes. They are characters in a cell, so they sort and filter as text. If you need to compute on the rating, keep a numeric column alongside the star column.

Do decorative stars render everywhere?

The basic filled and hollow stars are in nearly every font. The more decorative pinwheel and outlined variants come from a dingbat range that some older systems lack, so they can appear as boxes there.

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