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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