# ✴️ Eight-pointed star emoji

✴️ Eight-pointed star is an emoji in the other symbols set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: * and eight-pointed.

- Emoji: ✴️
- Unicode name: eight-pointed star
- Code points: U+2734 U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Other symbols
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :eight_pointed_black_star:
- Keywords: *, eight-pointed, star
- Page: https://emojichart.com/eight-pointed-star-emoji

## What it means

A star shape with eight points, often drawn in orange. It has no fixed meaning, and people use it as a decorative bullet, a footnote marker, a sparkle, or a way to make a heading or list item stand out.

## How to type ✴️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “eight-pointed star”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “eight-pointed star”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “eight-pointed star”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “eight-pointed star”.
- GitHub: Type :eight_pointed_black_star: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | estrella de ocho puntas | *, estrella, estrella de ocho puntas |
| Français (fr) | étoile huit branches | *, astérisque, étoile, étoile huit branches, huit |
| Deutsch (de) | achtstrahliger Stern | *, achtstrahliger Stern, Stern |
| Italiano (it) | stella stilizzata | asterisco, otto punte, stella, stella stilizzata |
| Português (pt) | estrela de oito pontas | *, estrela, estrela de oito pontas, oito pontas |
| Nederlands (nl) | achtpuntige ster | *, achtpuntige, ster |
| Svenska (sv) | åttauddig stjärna | åttauddig, stjärna |
| Polski (pl) | gwiazda ośmioramienna | *, gwiazda, gwiazda ośmioramienna, gwiazdka |
| Türkçe (tr) | sekiz noktalı yıldız | *, sekiz noktalı yıldız, yıldız |
| Русский (ru) | восьмиконечная звезда | восьмиконечная, звезда |
| Українська (uk) | восьмикінцева зірка | *, вісім виступів, восьмикінечна зірка, восьмикінцева зірка, зірка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | οκτάκτινο αστέρι | *, αστέρι, οκτάκτινο αστέρι |
| العربية (ar) | نجمة بثمان نقاط | *, رمز, نجمة, نجمة بثمان رؤوس, نجمة بثمان نقاط |
| עברית (he) | כוכב עם שמונה פינות | כוכב, כוכב עם שמונה פינות |
| فارسی (fa) | ستاره هشت‌پر | ستاره, ستاره هشت‌پر |
| हिन्दी (hi) | आठ किनारों वाला तारा | आठ किनारों वाला तारा, चिह्न, तारा |
| বাংলা (bn) | আটটি পয়েন্টের তারা | *, আটটি পয়েন্টের তারা, তারা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | bintang berujung delapan | *, asterisk, berujung lancip delapan, bintang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ngôi sao tám cánh | ngôi sao, ngôi sao tám cánh |
| ไทย (th) | ดาว 8 แฉก | *, ดาว, ดาว 8 แฉก |
| 日本語 (ja) | 八角星 | 八角星, 星, 約物, 記号 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 팔각 별 | 별, 팔각 별 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 八角星 | 八角星, 星, 符号 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 八角星 | 八角星 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): agtpuntster
- Akan (ak): ano nwɔtwe nsoroma
- Albanian (sq): yll me tetë cepa
- Amharic (am): ባለስምንት ነጥብ ኮከብ
- Armenian (hy): ութ թևանի աստղ
- Assamese (as): অষ্টাগ্ৰবিশিষ্ট তৰা চিন
- Azerbaijani (az): səkkiz guşəli ulduz
- Bashkir (ba): һигеҙ осло йондоҙ
- Basque (eu): zortzi puntako izarra
- Belarusian (be): васьміканцовая зорка
- Bosnian (bs): osmerokraka zvijezda
- Breton (br): steredenn eizh brecʼh
- Bulgarian (bg): осмолъчна звезда
- Burmese (my): ရှစ်ထောင့် ကြယ်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): étoile à huit branches
- Cantonese (yue): 八角星星
- Catalan (ca): estrella de vuit puntes
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᏁᎳ-ᏗᎪᏍᏓᏱ ᏃᏈᏏ
- Chuvash (cv): сакӑр кӗтеслӗ ҫӑлтӑр
- Croatian (hr): osmerokraka zvijezda
- Czech (cs): osmicípá hvězda
- Danish (da): ottetakket stjerne
- Estonian (et): kaheksa tipuga täht
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): estrela com oito pontas
- Faroese (fo): áttaspíska stjørna
- Filipino (fil): bituin na may walong sulok
- Finnish (fi): kahdeksankärkinen tähti
- Galician (gl): estrela de oito puntas
- Georgian (ka): რვაქიმიანი ვარსკვლავი
- Gujarati (gu): આઠ કિનારીવાળો તારો
- Hausa (ha): tauraro mai tsini takwas
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): 8 point wala star
- Hungarian (hu): nyolcas csillag
- Icelandic (is): áttarma stjarna
- Igbo (ig): kpakpando asatọ-arụtụrụ aka
- Irish (ga): réalta le hocht bpointe
- Javanese (jv): lintang mata wolu
- Kalaallisut (kl): ottetakket stjerne
- Kannada (kn): ಎಂಟು ಬಿಂದುಗಳ ನಕ್ಷತ್ರ
- Kazakh (kk): сегіз қырлы жұлдыз
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سەگىز قىرلى جۇلدىز
- Khmer (km): សញ្ញាផ្កាយមុខប្រាំបី
- Kinyarwanda (rw): inyenyeri igizwe n’imitwe umunani
- Konkani (kok): आठ-बिंदुंचें नखेत्र
- Kyrgyz (ky): төрт жылдыз
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): wajxaqib’ uwi’ ch’umul
- Lao (lo): ດາວແປດແຈ
- Latvian (lv): četrstaru zvaigzne
- Lithuanian (lt): aštuoniakampė žvaigždė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): gwězda z wósym rožkami
- Luxembourgish (lb): aachtzackege Stär
- Macedonian (mk): ѕвезда со осум крака
- Malay (ms): bintang berpenjuru lapan
- Malayalam (ml): എട്ട് ഭുജങ്ങളുള്ള നക്ഷത്രം
- Maltese (mt): stilla bi tmien ponot
- Marathi (mr): आठ-टोके असलेला तारा
- Mongolian (mn): найман хошуутай од
- Māori (mi): whetū waru-pito
- Nepali (ne): आठवटा-विन्दू भएको तारा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Sta Wé Gẹ́t Ẹ́t Pọint
- Northern Sotho (nso): naledi ya khutloseswai
- Norwegian (no): åttetagget stjerne
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): åttetagga stjerne
- Odia (or): ଆଠ-ମୁନିଆ ତାରା
- Oromo (om): urjii qabxii saddetii
- Pashto (ps): اته‌پرېزه ستوری نښه
- Punjabi (pa): ਅੱਠ-ਬਿੰਦੂਆਂ ਵਾਲਾ ਤਾਰਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): آٹھ-اشارہ کیتے ستارے
- Quechua (qu): pusaq ñawpikunawan quyllur
- Romanian (ro): stea cu opt colțuri
- Romansh (rm): staila cun otg radis
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): rionnag le ochd rinnean
- Serbian (sr): осмокрака звездица
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): осмокрака звјездица
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osmokraka zvezdica
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): osmokraka zvjezdica
- Shan (shn): လၢဝ်ပႅတ်ႇၸဵင်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): اٺ نوڪدار نشان
- Sinhala (si): කොණ් අටේ තරුව
- Slovak (sk): osemcípa hviezda
- Slovenian (sl): osemkraka zvezda
- Somali (so): xiddig siddeed geeslood oo tilmaama
- Swahili (sw): nyota yenye ncha nane
- Tajik (tg): ситораи ҳашт нӯгдор
- Tamil (ta): எட்டு முனை நட்சத்திரம்
- Telugu (te): ఎనిమిది కోణాల నక్షత్రం
- Tigrinya (ti): ሻሙናይ-ነጥቢ ኮኾብ
- Tongan (to): fetuʻu tapavalu
- Tswana (tn): naledi e e dintlha di robedi
- Turkmen (tk): sekiz tikenli ýyldyzjyk
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosomkónčkata hwězda
- Urdu (ur): آٹھ کونوں والا ستارہ
- Uyghur (ug): سەككىز بۇرجەكلىك يۇلتۇز
- Uzbek (uz): sakkiz burchakli yulduz
- Welsh (cy): seren wyth pwynt
- Wolof (wo): biddeewu 8 cat
- Xhosa (xh): inkwenkwezi eneencam ezisibhozo
- Yoruba (yo): àmì àkíyèsí onígun-mé̩jọ
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): àmì àkíyèsí onígun-mé̩jɔ
- Zulu (zu): inkanyezi ecije kayisishayagalombili

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2734 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `✴️` |
| CSS | `\2734\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2734}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u2734\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9C B4 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `2734 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9C%B4%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ✴️ eight-pointed star emoji mean?

A star shape with eight points, often drawn in orange. It has no fixed meaning, and people use it as a decorative bullet, a footnote marker, a sparkle, or a way to make a heading or list item stand out.

### How do I type the ✴️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “eight-pointed star”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :eight_pointed_black_star:.

### When was the ✴️ emoji added?

✴️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for ✴️?

U+2734 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ✴️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2734}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/eight-pointed-star-emoji