Black Star
Part of Stars & Dingbats
Black Star has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ★
- Unicode
- U+2605
About this symbol
In Unicode names, “black” means filled and “white” means outlined, so ★ is the black star and ☆ is the white star. Filled and outlined stars together make the familiar rating scale, as in ★★★☆☆ for three out of five.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- BLACK STAR
- Type
- Symbol
- Unicode block
- Miscellaneous Symbols
- Unicode group
- Weather and astrological symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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