Six Pointed Black Star

Unicode
U+2736
Category
Stars
HTML Entity
✶
CSS
\2736
The Six Pointed Black Star is a solid, geometric star often used as a decorative flourish, bullet point, or section separator in typography. Originally included in the classic Zapf Dingbats font, it is now a standard Unicode character used to emphasize text or add visual interest to digital designs. Its sharp, uniform points distinguish it from the intersecting triangles of a traditional hexagram.

How to Type

Windows
Alt + 10038 or Win + . then search
macOS
Control + Command + Space then search 'six pointed black star'
Linux
Ctrl + Shift + U then 2736
HTML
✶ or ✶

In Programming

While not part of standard programming syntax, developers occasionally use this symbol in console outputs, logging, and terminal scripts as a decorative delimiter or a custom list bullet.

Tags

asterisk alternative decoration decorative flourish dingbat star hexagram ornament section separator symbol six pointed six-point star solid six-pointed star star bullet star shape

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