Black Star vs Heavy Asterisk
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ★ 2605 | ✱ 2731 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Star | Heavy Asterisk |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols | Dingbats |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2605 | 2731 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2605 | U+2731 |
| HTML Decimal | ★ | ✱ |
| HTML Hex | ★ | ✱ |
| CSS | \2605 | \2731 |
| JavaScript | \u{2605} | \u{2731} |
| Python | \u2605 | \u2731 |
| UTF-8 | e2 98 85 | e2 9c b1 |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Star and Heavy Asterisk are in the Stars & Asterisks category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.