About Star Symbols
What is this page?
Every star Unicode offers, ready to copy: the filled ★ and outline ☆, sparkle marks like ❉, circled and shadowed stars, and asterisk-style bursts. As text characters they follow your font's color and size, which makes them more flexible than the ⭐ emoji for ratings, decorations, and typography.
How to Use It
- Find a style. Search "outline", "sparkle", or "circled", or just scroll the grid.
- Click to copy. The star is copied and collected in the text pad.
- Build a rating. Compose ★★★★☆ in the pad and copy the whole row at once.
Use Cases
- Star ratings in reviews and comparison tables: ★★★★☆
- Decorative separators in bios, stories, and usernames
- Highlighting features or favorites in plain-text lists
- Sparkle accents ❉ in headlines and captions
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I type a star symbol?
Standard keyboards have no star key, so copying from this page is the fastest method on every platform. In Microsoft Word you can also type 2605 and press Alt + X to get ★, or 2606 for the outline ☆.
What is the difference between ★ and ☆?
★ is the filled black star and ☆ is the hollow outline. Used together they make instant visual ratings, with filled stars for the score and outlines for the remainder: ★★★☆☆ reads as three out of five at a glance.
How do I make a star rating like ★★★★☆?
Click ★ four times and ☆ once; the pad collects them in order, and Copy All grabs the finished rating. It is plain text, so it works in spreadsheets, review sites, YouTube comments, and anywhere else a graphic rating widget isn't available.
What is the difference between ★ and the ⭐ emoji?
The text star ★ takes your font's color and weight, so it can be gold, red, or gray as you choose, and it sits neatly inline with text. The ⭐ emoji renders as a fixed gold graphic that stands out in chats but can't be recolored and sometimes looks oversized in formal documents.
Will star symbols display on all devices?
The core stars ★ and ☆ are supported almost universally. The decorated variants, like shadowed and circled stars, rely on richer fonts and can fall back to boxes on older systems, so favor the classics when you need guaranteed rendering.