Heavy Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk

Heavy Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk Symbol (✤)

The **Heavy Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk symbol (✤)** is a decorative asterisk with thick, rounded, balloon-like spokes. Its bold design makes it a visually impactful character, often chosen for more prominent decorative elements, emphasized bullet points, or in artistic contexts where a strong and distinctive star-like symbol is desired.

How to Use the Heavy Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk Symbol

You can easily copy and paste the Heavy Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk symbol: ✤

On Windows:

Hold down the Alt key and type 10020 on the numeric keypad.

On Mac:

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

On Mobile (iOS/Android):

Access it through your special characters keyboard or by searching for "asterisk" or "star."

Technical Information for Developers

For web developers and designers, understanding the various codes for the Heavy Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk symbol is essential for proper implementation.

HTML Entities:

<!-- HTML Decimal Code --> ✤

<!-- HTML Hexadecimal Code --> ✤

CSS Content Property:

.heavy-balloon-asterisk::before { content: "\2724"; }

Unicode Details:

• Unicode: U+2724
• Name: HEAVY FOUR BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK
• 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 0xA4
• UTF-16 Encoding: 0x2724
• UTF-32 Encoding: 0x00002724