Six Pointed Black Star vs Sixteen Pointed Asterisk
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Property Comparison
| Property | ✶ 2736 | ✺ 273A |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Six Pointed Black Star | Sixteen Pointed Asterisk |
| Category | Stars & Asterisks | Stars & Asterisks |
| Block | Dingbats | Dingbats |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2736 | 273A |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2736 | U+273A |
| HTML Decimal | ✶ | ✺ |
| HTML Hex | ✶ | ✺ |
| CSS | \2736 | \273A |
| JavaScript | \u{2736} | \u{273A} |
| Python | \u2736 | \u273a |
| UTF-8 | e2 9c b6 | e2 9c ba |
How to Distinguish
Both Six Pointed Black Star and Sixteen Pointed Asterisk belong to the Stars & Asterisks category and the Dingbats block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.