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Black Star
2605 · Miscellaneous Symbols · Zyyy
Encodings
| Unicode | U+2605 | |
| HTML Decimal | ★ | |
| HTML Hex | ★ | |
| CSS | \2605 | |
| JavaScript | \u{2605} | |
| Python | \u2605 | |
| Java | \u2605 | |
| UTF-8 | e2 98 85 | |
| UTF-16 | 26 05 | |
| URL Encoded | %E2%98%85 |
Unicode Properties
Block
Miscellaneous Symbols
Script
Zyyy
Category
Other Symbol (So)
Bidirectional
ON
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