Star

A classic, five-point gold star.

Commonly used for various metaphorical senses of star (e.g., for fame, success, excellence, reviews). Also used for emphasis or flair. Occasionally used for astronomical stars.

Not to be confused with 💫 Dizzy, 🌟 Glowing Star, 🌠 Shooting Star, or ✨ Sparkles, though their applications may overlap.

Samsung and Facebook’s stars were once silver.

See the glossary for the term white in Unicode character names.

Star was approved as part of Unicode 5.1 in 2008 under the name “White Medium Star” and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

Also Known As

  • Gold Star

Apple Name

Star

Unicode Name

White Medium Star

    • iOS 13.3

      Star on Apple
    • iOS 10.2

      Star on Apple
    • iOS 8.3

      Star on Apple
    • iOS 6.0

      Star on Apple
    • iOS 5.1

      Star on Apple
    • iOS 4.0

      Star on Apple
    • iPhone OS 2.2

      Star on Apple
    • Android 10.0

      Star on Google
    • Android 8.0

      Star on Google
    • Android 7.0

      Star on Google
    • Android 5.0

      Star on Google
    • Android 4.4

      Star on Google
    • Android 4.3

      Star on Google
    • Gmail

      Star on Google
    • Windows 10 May 2019 Update

      Star on Microsoft
    • Windows 10 April 2018 Update

      Star on Microsoft
    • Windows 10 Anniversary Update

      Star on Microsoft
    • Windows 10

      Star on Microsoft
    • Windows 8.1

      Star on Microsoft
    • Windows 8.0

      Star on Microsoft
    • One UI 1.5

      Star on Samsung
    • One UI 1.0

      Star on Samsung
    • Experience 9.0

      Star on Samsung
    • Experience 8.0

      Star on Samsung
    • TouchWiz 7.1

      Star on Samsung
    • TouchWiz 7.0

      Star on Samsung
    • TouchWiz 5.1

      Star on Samsung
    • TouchWiz Nature UX 2

      Star on Samsung
    • 2.19.352

      Star on WhatsApp
    • 2.17

      Star on WhatsApp
    • Twemoji 12.1.4

      Star on Twitter
    • Twemoji 1.0

      Star on Twitter
    • 4.0

      Star on Facebook
    • 3.0

      Star on Facebook
    • 2.0

      Star on Facebook
    • 1.0

      Star on Facebook
    • 5.0

      Star on JoyPixels
    • 4.0

      Star on JoyPixels
    • 3.1

      Star on JoyPixels
    • 3.0

      Star on JoyPixels
    • 2.2

      Star on JoyPixels
    • 2.1

      Star on JoyPixels
    • 2.0

      Star on JoyPixels
    • 1.0

      Star on JoyPixels
    • 12.0

      Star on OpenMoji
    • 1.0

      Star on OpenMoji
    • 1.0.34

      Star on emojidex
    • 1.0.33

      Star on emojidex
    • 1.0.14

      Star on emojidex
    • 1.0

      Star on Messenger
  • LG

    Star on LG G5
    • G5

      Star on LG
    • G3

      Star on LG
  • HTC

    Star on HTC Sense 7
    • Sense 7

      Star on HTC
    • Firefox OS 2.5

      Star on Mozilla
    • 2014

      Star on SoftBank
    • 2006

      Star on SoftBank
    • 2004

      Star on SoftBank
    • 2001

      Star on SoftBank
    • 2000

      Star on SoftBank
    • 2013

      Star on Docomo
    • Type F

      Star on au by KDDI
    • Type D-3

      Star on au by KDDI
    • Type D-2

      Star on au by KDDI
    • Type D-1

      Star on au by KDDI
    • Type C-2

      Star on au by KDDI
    • Type B-3

      Star on au by KDDI
    • Type B-2

      Star on au by KDDI
    • Type A-2

      Star on au by KDDI

Codepoints

  • ⭐ U+2B50

Shortcodes

  • :star:

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