Star and Crescent is a widely recognised symbol of Islam and appears on several national flags. ☪️ Star and Crescent is an emoji from the Symbols category. Its Unicode code point is U+262A and it was released in Unicode 7.0 (2014). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ☪️ Star and Crescent mean?
Star and Crescent is a widely recognised symbol of Islam and appears on several national flags. It is used for faith, Ramadan and Eid greetings.
☪️ Star and Crescent is part of the “Religious Symbols” set in the Symbols emoji category. You will see it in chats and captions related to crescent, islam, muslim, ramadan and religion. It was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :star_and_crescent: to insert it.
Star and Crescent emoji codes
| Emoji | ☪️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+262A |
| HTML entity (decimal) | ☪ |
| HTML entity (hex) | ☪ |
| CSS | \262A |
| JavaScript | \u{262A} |
| Python | \u262A |
| URL-encoded | %E2%98%AA |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 98 AA |
| Shortcode | :star_and_crescent: |
How to type ☪️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “star and crescent”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “star and crescent”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “crescent”.
- HTML: write
☪in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Star and Crescent keywords
- crescent
- islam
- muslim
- ramadan
- religion
- star
Frequently asked questions
What does ☪️ mean?
Star and Crescent is a widely recognised symbol of Islam and appears on several national flags. It is used for faith, Ramadan and Eid greetings.
How do I copy and paste the Star and Crescent emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the ☪️ emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was ☪️ Star and Crescent added to Unicode?
Star and Crescent was released as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014.
Related Religious Symbols emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.