# ✳️ Eight-spoked asterisk emoji

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

- Emoji: ✳️
- Unicode name: eight-spoked asterisk
- Code points: U+2733 U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Other symbols
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :eight_spoked_asterisk:
- Keywords: *, asterisk, eight-spoked
- Page: https://emojichart.com/eight-spoked-asterisk-emoji

## What it means

An asterisk with eight spokes radiating from the center. People use it like a typed asterisk, to mark a footnote or caveat, as a decorative bullet or sparkle, or to call attention to an item in a list.

## How to type ✳️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | asterisco de ocho puntas | *, asterisco, asterisco de ocho puntas |
| Français (fr) | astérisque huit branches | *, astérique, astérique huit branches, astérisque, astérisque huit branches, étoile, huit |
| Deutsch (de) | achtzackiger Stern | *, achtzackig, achtzackiger Stern, grün, Quadrat, Stern |
| Italiano (it) | asterisco | *, asterisco, otto punte, stella |
| Português (pt) | asterisco de oito pontas | *, asterisco, asterisco de oito pontas, estrela |
| Nederlands (nl) | achtpuntige asterisk | *, achtpuntig, asterisk |
| Svenska (sv) | åttauddig spetsig stjärna | asterisk, åttauddig, spetsig, stjärna |
| Polski (pl) | gwiazdka ośmioramienna | *, gwiazdka, gwiazdka ośmioramienna |
| Türkçe (tr) | sekiz uçlu yıldız | *, asterisk, sekiz uçlu yıldız, yıldız |
| Русский (ru) | восьмиконечная звездочка | восьмиконечная, звезда, звездочка |
| Українська (uk) | восьмикутний астериск | *, астериск, восьмикутна зірка, восьмикутний астериск, зірочка, знак |
| Ελληνικά (el) | οκτάκτινος αστερίσκος | *, αστερίσκος, οκτάκτινος αστερίσκος |
| العربية (ar) | نجمة ثمانية | *, رمز, نجمة, نجمة ثمانية |
| עברית (he) | כוכבית עם שמונה פינות | אסטריסק, כוכבית, כוכבית עם שמונה פינות, לחצן כוכבית |
| فارسی (fa) | ستاره هشت‌پره | ستاره, ستاره هشت پر, ستاره هشت‌پره, نشان ستاره هشت‌پر |
| हिन्दी (hi) | आठ सिरों वाला तारक चिह्न | आठ सिरों वाला तारक चिह्न, चिह्न, तारांकन, तारे का चिहन |
| বাংলা (bn) | আটটি -স্পোকের তারকাচিহ্ন | *, আটটি -স্পোকের তারকাচিহ্ন, আটটি-স্পোক দিয়ে তৈরি তারা, তারকাচিহ্ন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | bintang berujung lancip delapan | *, asterisk, berujung lancip delapan, bintang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | dấu hoa thị tám cánh | dấu hoa thị, dấu hoa thị tám cánh |
| ไทย (th) | ดอกจัน 8 ซี่ | *, เครื่องหมาย, ดอกจัน, แปดแฉก, แปดซี่ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 八角アスタリスク | アスタリスク, 八角アスタリスク, 約物, 記号 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 여덟 갈래 별표 | 별표, 여덟 갈래 별표 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 八轮辐星号 | 八芒星, 八轮辐星号, 星号 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 八芒星 | 八芒星, 星號 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): agtspeekasterisk
- Akan (ak): ɛpɔ nwɔtwe astɛriske
- Albanian (sq): yllth me tetë cepa me majë
- Amharic (am): ባለ ስምንት ቀስት አስትሪክስ
- Armenian (hy): ութ թևանի աստղանիշ
- Assamese (as): অষ্ট-অৰ দণ্ডবিশিষ্ট তৰা চিন
- Azerbaijani (az): səkkiz tərəfli ulduz
- Bashkir (ba): һигеҙ нурлы йондоҙ
- Basque (eu): zortzi puntako izartxoa
- Belarusian (be): васьміканцовая зорачка
- Bosnian (bs): osmerokraka zvjezdica
- Breton (br): steredennig eizh brecʼh
- Bulgarian (bg): звезда с осем лъча
- Burmese (my): ရှစ်ချွန်း ခရေပွင့်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): astérique à huit branches
- Cantonese (yue): 八角星
- Catalan (ca): asterisc de vuit radis
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᏁᎳ-ᏧᏯᏓᏘ ᎤᏙᏪᎸ
- Chuvash (cv): сакӑр вӗҫлӗ ҫӑлтӑр
- Croatian (hr): osmerokraka zvjezdica
- Czech (cs): osmicípá hvězdička
- Danish (da): ottetakket spids stjerne
- Estonian (et): kaheksa tipuga tärn
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): asterisco com oito raios
- Faroese (fo): áttatinda stjørna
- Filipino (fil): asterisk na may walong sulok
- Finnish (fi): kahdeksanpiikkinen tähtimerkki
- Galician (gl): asterisco de oito raios
- Georgian (ka): რვაქიმიანი ასტერისკი
- Gujarati (gu): આઠ કિનારીવાળું તારાનું ચિહ્ન
- Hausa (ha): asterisk mai tsini takwas
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): 8 spoke wala asterisk
- Hungarian (hu): nyolcágú csillag
- Icelandic (is): áttarma stjörnumerki
- Igbo (ig): otù n’ime akàràmmùke-asatọ
- Irish (ga): réiltín le hocht spóca
- Javanese (jv): asterisk kembang wolu
- Kalaallisut (kl): ottetakket spids stjerne
- Kannada (kn): ಎಂಟು-ಸ್ಪೋಕ್ ನಕ್ಷತ್ರ
- Kazakh (kk): сегіз бұрышты жұлдыз
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سەگىز بۇرىشتى جۇلدىز
- Khmer (km): សញ្ញាផ្កាយមុខស្រួចប្រាំបី
- Kinyarwanda (rw): akanyenyeri kagizwe n’imitwe umunani
- Konkani (kok): आठ-आंसाचें नखेत्र
- Kyrgyz (ky): сегиз жылдыз
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): wajxaqib’ ra’l uwi’ ch’umul
- Lao (lo): ເຄື່ອງໝາຍດອກຈັນ
- Latvian (lv): astoņstaru zvaigznīte
- Lithuanian (lt): aštuoniakampė žvaigždutė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wósymrožkata gwězda
- Luxembourgish (lb): aachtzackege Stärchen
- Macedonian (mk): ѕвездичка со осум крака
- Malay (ms): asterisk berjejari lapan
- Malayalam (ml): എയ്‌റ്റ് സ്‌പോക്ക്ഡ് ആസ്‌റ്റെറിസ്‌ക്ക്
- Maltese (mt): stilla bi tmien linji
- Marathi (mr): आठ-तारा असलेला तारा
- Mongolian (mn): найман зовхист од
- Māori (mi): whetūriki waru-pito
- Nepali (ne): आठवटा-बोलेको तारांकन चिन्ह
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Astẹ́risk Wé Gẹ́t Ẹ́t Spok
- Northern Sotho (nso): naletšana ya marungwana a seswai
- Norwegian (no): asterisk med åtte spisser
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): asterisk med åtte spissar
- Odia (or): ଆଠ-ଖାଡ଼ି ଯୁକ୍ତ ତାରାକୃତି ଚିହ୍ନ
- Oromo (om): urjii dubbattuu saddet
- Pashto (ps): اته ګوټې اسټيريسک نښه
- Punjabi (pa): ਅੱਠ-ਕਿਰਨਾਂ ਵਾਲਾ ਤਾਰਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): آٹھ-بولیاں گئیاں نشانیاں
- Quechua (qu): pusaq siqiwan asterisco
- Romanian (ro): asterisc cu opt colțuri
- Romansh (rm): asterisc cun otg radis
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): reultag le ochd rinnean
- Serbian (sr): осмокрака звезда
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): осмокрака звијезда
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osmokraka zvezda
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): osmokraka zvijezda
- Shan (shn): မၢႆလၢဝ်ပႅတ်ႇသိၵ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): اٺ ڳالهائڻ جا ايسٽيرڪ
- Sinhala (si): ගරාදි අටේ තරු ලකුණ
- Slovak (sk): osemcípa hviezdička
- Slovenian (sl): zvezdica z osmimi špicami
- Somali (so): siddeed geesood oo isku nooc u taaggan
- Swahili (sw): kinyota chenye ncha nane
- Tajik (tg): ситорачаи ҳашт паррадор
- Tamil (ta): எட்டு முனை உடுக்குறி
- Telugu (te): ఎనిమిది మొనలు గల యాస్టెరిస్క్
- Tigrinya (ti): ሻሙናይ-መሳልል ኣስተሪስክ
- Tongan (to): fetuʻu huelovalu
- Tswana (tn): naletsana e e metsu e robedi
- Turkmen (tk): bellijek
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosomkónčkata hwěžka
- Urdu (ur): آٹھ کانٹوں والا اسٹیرسک
- Uyghur (ug): سەككىز بۇرجەكلىك يۇلتۇز بەلگىسى
- Uzbek (uz): sakkiz qirrali yulduz
- Welsh (cy): asterics wyth pwynt
- Wolof (wo): asterisk bu 8 car
- Xhosa (xh): inkwenkwezana eneencam ezisibhozo
- Yoruba (yo): àmì àkíyèsí onígbá-mé̩jọ
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): àmì àkíyèsí onígbá-mé̩jɔ
- Zulu (zu): inkanyezi enemigxa eyisishiyagalombili

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2733 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `✳️` |
| CSS | `\2733\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2733}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u2733\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9C B3 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `2733 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9C%B3%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ✳️ eight-spoked asterisk emoji mean?

An asterisk with eight spokes radiating from the center. People use it like a typed asterisk, to mark a footnote or caveat, as a decorative bullet or sparkle, or to call attention to an item in a list.

### How do I type the ✳️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “eight-spoked asterisk”. 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_spoked_asterisk:.

### When was the ✳️ emoji added?

✳️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+2733 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ✳️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2733}\u{FE0F}.

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