Star represents excellence, ratings, favourites, night skies and star performers. ⭐️ Star is an emoji from the Travel & Places category. Its Unicode code point is U+2B50 and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ⭐️ Star mean?
Star represents excellence, ratings, favourites, night skies and star performers.
⭐️ Star is part of the “Weather” set in the Travel & Places emoji category. It is commonly associated with astronomy, medium, stars and white. It was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :star: to insert it.
Star emoji codes
| Emoji | ⭐️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2B50 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | ⭐ |
| HTML entity (hex) | ⭐ |
| CSS | \2B50 |
| JavaScript | \u{2B50} |
| Python | \u2B50 |
| URL-encoded | %E2%AD%90 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 AD 90 |
| Shortcode | :star: |
How to type ⭐️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “star”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “star”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “star”.
- HTML: write
⭐in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Star keywords
- astronomy
- medium
- stars
- white
Frequently asked questions
What does ⭐️ mean?
Star represents excellence, ratings, favourites, night skies and star performers.
How do I copy and paste the Star 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 added to Unicode?
Star was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Related Weather emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.