✯
Pinwheel Star
- Unicode
- U+272F
- Category
- Stars
- HTML Entity
- ✯
- CSS
- \272F
The Pinwheel Star (✯) is a decorative dingbat featuring a classic five-pointed star with curved, shaded inner lines that create a dynamic spinning effect. Originally adapted from classic typographic fonts into the Unicode Dingbats block, it frequently adds monochromatic flair to social media bios, text documents, and usernames. Internet users often favor this stylized glyph to represent magic, excellence, or festive energy without relying on standard colorful emojis.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+10031
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search Pinwheel Star
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 272F
- HTML
- ✯
In Programming
While not used in standard coding syntax, the Pinwheel Star is occasionally utilized as a stylized bullet point or decorative separator in command-line output and markdown documentation.
Tags
decoration
dynamic star dingbat
festive star
five pointed
magic star symbol
rotation
sparkle star text
spinning
spinning star
star shape
swirl
swirl star
twirl star symbol