❂
Circled Eight Pointed Star
- Unicode
- U+2742
- Category
- Hearts
- HTML Entity
- ❂
- CSS
- \2742
The Circled Eight Pointed Star (❂) is a typographic dingbat featuring an eight-pointed star enclosed within a solid circle. Originating from traditional typesetting, it commonly serves as a decorative bullet point or an ornamental flourish in printed materials. Today, users frequently paste it into social media bios, aesthetic text headers, or creative design projects to add a geometric, sun-like accent.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt + 10050
- macOS
- Control + Command + Space then search 'Circled Eight Pointed Star'
- Linux
- Ctrl + Shift + U then 2742
- HTML
- ❂
In Programming
While not part of standard programming syntax, developers occasionally use this symbol as a custom list marker or decorative UI icon in web design.
Tags
aesthetic symbol
circled
circled star
compass rose
decorative
eight-point star circle
geometric dingbat
ornament
ornamental bullet
social media decoration
star
star in circle
sun symbol
typographic ornament