Heavy Eight Pointed Rectilinear Black Star

Heavy Eight Pointed Rectilinear Black Star Symbol (✸)

The **Heavy Eight Pointed Rectilinear Black Star symbol (✸)** is a bold, solid black star with eight prominent, sharply defined points. Its heavy weight and angular design give it a strong and impactful presence, making it ideal for high-visibility decorative elements, emphatic bullet points, or in designs where a robust and geometrically precise star is required to stand out clearly.

How to Use the Heavy Eight Pointed Rectilinear Black Star Symbol

You can easily copy and paste the Heavy Eight Pointed Rectilinear Black Star symbol: ✸

On Windows:

Hold down the Alt key and type 10040 on the numeric keypad.

On Mac:

Use the Character Viewer (Edit > Emoji & Symbols) and search for "heavy rectilinear star" or "star."

On Mobile (iOS/Android):

Access it through your emoji keyboard or by searching for "star" or "shapes" in the special characters section.

Technical Information for Developers

For web developers and designers, understanding the various codes for the Heavy Eight Pointed Rectilinear Black Star symbol is essential for proper implementation.

HTML Entities:

<!-- HTML Decimal Code --> ✸

<!-- HTML Hexadecimal Code --> ✸

CSS Content Property:

.heavy-rectilinear-star::before { content: "\2738"; }

Unicode Details:

• Unicode: U+2738
• Name: HEAVY EIGHT POINTED RECTILINEAR BLACK STAR
• Block: Dingbats, U+2700 - U+27BF
• Plane: Basic Multilingual Plane, U+0000 - U+FFFF
• Unicode Version: 1.1 (June 1993)

Encoding:

• UTF-8 Encoding: 0xE2 0x9C 0xB8
• UTF-16 Encoding: 0x2738
• UTF-32 Encoding: 0x00002738