✪
Circled White Star
- Unicode
- U+272A
- Category
- Stars
- Symbol Sets
- Star Symbols
- HTML Entity
- ✪
- CSS
- \272A
The Circled White Star symbol (✪) features a classic five-pointed star knocked out of a solid black circle. Originating from the ITC Zapf Dingbats font collection, it was incorporated into Unicode to ensure cross-platform compatibility for legacy typographic ornaments. Today, it is frequently used in digital design, decorative bulleted lists, and social media display names to denote a premium, "VIP," or highly rated status.
How to Type
- Windows
- In Word: type 272A, then press Alt + X. Other apps have no standard Windows shortcut for it — copy it from this page
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search 'circled white star'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then type 272a and press Enter
- HTML
- ✪ or ✪
In Programming
While not a standard mathematical operator, the Circled White Star is commonly utilized in frontend development and user interfaces to visually represent premium features, bookmarked items, or achievement badges.
Tags
VIP star
award star
badge
circled star
circled star symbol
decoration
emblem
favorite star
military
premium badge
star badge text
star in circle
star shape