✲

Open Centre Asterisk

Unicode
U+2732
Category
Stars
HTML Entity
✲
CSS
\2732
The Open Centre Asterisk (✲) is a decorative typographical symbol featuring a classic star shape with a distinct hollow core. Originating from traditional typesetting ornaments in the Unicode Dingbats block, it was historically used to add visual flair to printed pages. Today, digital creators frequently use it as a stylistic bullet point, an elegant text divider, or an aesthetic accent in social media bios.

How to Type

Windows
Alt+10034 or Win+. then search
macOS
Control+Command+Space then search "Open Centre Asterisk"
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+U then 2732 then Space
HTML
✲

In Programming

This symbol serves no operational function in programming or mathematics, but is occasionally included in string literals to create decorative borders or stylized bulleted lists in command-line interfaces.

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Tags

centre hole star decoration decorative hollow star dingbat ornament hollow hollow asterisk open asterisk open star symbol ornament ornament bullet star shape text divider symbol

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