✧
White Four Pointed Star
- Unicode
- U+2727
- Category
- Stars
- Symbol Sets
- Symbols for Nicknames Star Symbols
- HTML Entity
- ✧
- CSS
- \2727
The White Four Pointed Star (✧) is a classic dingbat character often used to represent sparkles, magic, or a glowing light. Originating from early typographic symbol sets and added to Unicode in 1993, it remains highly popular in text-based art, social media bios, and aesthetic usernames. Unlike vibrant emoji stars, its clean, hollow design adds a subtle, decorative flair to plain text without being visually overwhelming.
How to Type
- Windows
- In Word: type 2727, then press Alt + X. Other apps have no standard Windows shortcut for it — copy it from this page
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'white four pointed star'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then type 2727 and press Enter
- HTML
- ✧
In Programming
Occasionally used in command-line interfaces, terminal outputs, or custom scripts as a decorative bullet point to elegantly highlight special status messages.
Tags
aesthetic username
decoration
decorative star
dingbat
four point star
four pointed
glitter star
hollow
hollow star
sparkle
sparkle symbol
star shape
text art
white star