*️⃣U+002A U+FE0F U+20E3
Keycap: * emoji
An asterisk on a keycap, like the star key on a phone keypad. People use it for footnotes and caveats, wildcards in searches, and phone menu prompts such as press star.
- Unicode name
- keycap: *
- Added
- Emoji 2.0 in 2015
- Code points
- U+002A U+FE0F U+20E3
- Shortcode
:asterisk:- Keywords
- keycap
How it looks
What it's made of
*️⃣ is 3 code points that phones draw as one emoji:
- AsteriskU+002A
- Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji styleU+FE0F
- Combining enclosing keycapU+20E3
How to type *️⃣
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “keycap: *”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “keycap: *”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “keycap: *”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “keycap: *”.
- GitHub
- Type :asterisk: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | Teclas: * | Teclas |
| Français | touches : * | touches |
| Deutsch | Taste: * | Taste |
| Italiano | tasto: * | tasto |
| Português | tecla: * | tecla |
| Nederlands | toets: * | toets |
| Polski | klawisz: * | klawisz |
| Türkçe | tuş: * | tuş |
| Русский | клавиши: * | клавиши |
| Українська | клавіша: * | клавіша |
| Ελληνικά | πλήκτρο: * | πλήκτρο |
| العربية | مفتاح: * | مفتاح |
| עברית | מקש: * | מקש |
| فارسی | جلد کلید: * | جلد کلید |
| हिन्दी | कीकैप: * | कीकैप |
| বাংলা | কিক্যাপ: * | কিক্যাপ |
| Tiếng Việt | mũ phím: * | mũ phím |
| ไทย | ปุ่มกดเลข: * | ปุ่มกดเลข |
| 日本語 | 囲み数字: * | 囲み数字 |
| 한국어 | 키 캡: * | 키 캡 |
| 中文（简体） | 按键: * | 按键 |
| 中文（繁體） | 按鍵：* | 按鍵 |
Names in 86 more languages
| Afrikaans | knoppiesimbool: * |
|---|---|
| Akan | kiikape: * |
| Albanian | tast: * |
| Amharic | የአብይ ሆሄ ቁልፍ ማብሪያ: * |
| Armenian | ստեղն․ * |
| Assamese | কীকেপ: * |
| Asturian | tecles: * |
| Azerbaijani | klaviatura qapağı: * |
| Bashkir | клавиша: * |
| Basque | Tekla: * |
| Belarusian | Клавіша: * |
| Bosnian | Kapica za tipku: * |
| Breton | stokell : * |
| Bulgarian | Клавиш: * |
| Burmese | ခလုတ် − * |
| Canadian French | dessus de touche : * |
| Cantonese | 鍵帽: * |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 键帽: * |
| Catalan | tecla: * |
| Chakma | 𑄇𑄨𑄇𑄳𑄠𑄛𑄴: * |
| Cherokee | ᎠᏚᎢᏍᏘᎠᎵᏚᎶ: * |
| Chuvash | брелок: * |
| Croatian | tipka: * |
| Czech | klávesa: * |
| Estonian | klahv: * |
| Faroese | Knappahetta: * |
| Finnish | näppäin: * |
| Fula (Adlam) | 𞤊𞤫𞤣𞤭𞤲𞤭𞤪𞤣𞤫: * |
| Galician | tecla: * |
| Georgian | კლავიში: * |
| Gujarati | કીકેપ: * |
| Hausa | maɓalli na musamman: * |
| Hungarian | gombfej: * |
| Icelandic | takki: * |
| Interlingua | clave: * |
| Irish | caipín eochrach: * |
| Kannada | ಕೀಕ್ಯಾಪ್: * |
| Kazakh | перне: * |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | پەرنە: * |
| Khmer | គម្របគ្រាប់ចុច: * |
| Konkani | कीकॅप: * |
| Kyrgyz | клавиатура калпакчасы: * |
| Lao | ແປ້ນແຄັບ: * |
| Latvian | taustiņš: * |
| Ligurian | tasto: * |
| Lithuanian | mygtukas: * |
| Lower Sorbian | tasta: * |
| Macedonian | копче: * |
| Malay | butang kekunci: * |
| Malayalam | കീക്യാപ്പ്: * |
| Marathi | कीकॅप: * |
| Mexican Spanish | tecla: * |
| Mongolian | түлхүүрийн гэр: * |
| Māori | uhi pātuhi: * |
| Nepali | किक्याप: * |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Kíkap: * |
| Norwegian | taster: * |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | tastar: * |
| Odia | କୀକ୍ୟାପ୍: * |
| Pashto | کیکیپ: * |
| Punjabi | ਕੀਕੈਪ: * |
| Romanian | tastă: * |
| Romansh | tasta: * |
| Santali | ᱠᱤᱠᱮᱯ: * |
| Sardinian | tecla: * |
| Scottish Gaelic | còmhdachadh iuchrach: * |
| Serbian | тастер: * |
| Serbian (Latin) | taster: * |
| Shan | ၼဵၼ်ၼဵၵ်း: * |
| Sindhi | ڪي ڪيپ: * |
| Sinhala | පියන: * |
| Slovak | kláves: * |
| Somali | daboolka furaha: * |
| Spanish (United States) | tecla: * |
| Swahili | kitufe: * |
| Tamil | விசை: * |
| Telugu | కీక్యాప్: * |
| Tigrinya | ዝምልከት ቁልፊ፦ * |
| Tongan | tatā foʻi kī: * |
| Turkmen | klawiş gapagy: * |
| Upper Sorbian | tłóčatko: * |
| Urdu | کی کیپ: * |
| Uzbek | tugma qalpog‘i: * |
| Welsh | gorchudd bysell: * |
| Yoruba | Keyacap: * |
| Zulu | i-keycap: * |
Codes
- Code points
U+002A U+FE0F U+20E3- HTML
*️⃣- CSS
\2A\FE0F\20E3- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{2A}\u{FE0F}\u{20E3}- Python
\u002A\uFE0F\u20E3- UTF-8 bytes
2A EF B8 8F E2 83 A3- UTF-16
002A FE0F 20E3- URL encoded
%2A%EF%B8%8F%E2%83%A3
Questions
What does the *️⃣ keycap: * emoji mean?
An asterisk on a keycap, like the star key on a phone keypad. People use it for footnotes and caveats, wildcards in searches, and phone menu prompts such as press star.
How do I type the *️⃣ emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “keycap: *”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :asterisk:.
When was the *️⃣ emoji added?
*️⃣ was added in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015.
What is the Unicode code point for *️⃣?
U+002A U+FE0F U+20E3. In HTML you can write *️⃣, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2A}\u{FE0F}\u{20E3}.