⭐U+2B50

Star emoji

A solid, five-pointed yellow star. You'll see it in ratings and rankings, favorites and bookmarks, praise like a gold star for good work, and as decoration or emphasis in posts.

Unicode name: star
Category: Travel & places, Sky and weather
Added: Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points: U+2B50
Shortcode: :star:
Keywords: astronomy, medium, star, stars, white

How it looks

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How to type ⭐

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “star”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “star”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “star”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “star”.
GitHub: Type :star: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	estrella	estelar, estrella
Français	étoile	astronomie, étoile, nuit
Deutsch	weißer mittelgroßer Stern	astronomie, gelber Stern, Himmel, Stern, weißer mittelgroßer Stern
Italiano	stella	astro, natura, stella, stella gialla, stellina
Português	estrela branca média	amarela, astronomia, estrela
Nederlands	witte middelgrote ster	ster, witte middelgrote ster
Svenska	stjärna	stjärna, vit medelstor stjärna
Polski	gwiazda	gwiazda, gwiazdka, noc
Türkçe	yıldız	beyaz orta yıldız, gece, gökyüzü, kutup yıldızı, yıldız
Русский	желтая звезда	астрономия, желтая, звезда, звезды
Українська	зірка	зірка, середня біла зірка
Ελληνικά	αστέρι	αστέρι, αστέρια, αστρονομία, λευκό μεσαίο αστέρι
العربية	نجم متوسط أبيض	فلك, نجم, نجم متوسط أبيض, نجمة, نجوم
עברית	כוכב	כוכב
فارسی	ستاره سفید	ستاره, ستاره سفید
हिन्दी	मध्यम सफ़ेद तारा	तारा, मध्यम सफ़ेद तारा
বাংলা	সাদা মাঝারি তারা	তারা, সাদা মাঝারি তারা
Bahasa Indonesia	bintang medium putih	astronomi, bintang, medium, putih
Tiếng Việt	ngôi sao	ngôi sao, sao, thiên văn
ไทย	ดาวสีขาวขนาดกลาง	ดวงดาว, ดาวสีขาวขนาดกลาง
日本語	スター	スター, 天文学, 星
한국어	별	별, 천문학, 화이트 미디엄 별, 흰색 미디엄 별
中文（简体）	星星	五角星, 星星, 白色星星
中文（繁體）	星星	星星, 白色中型星

Names in 101 more languages

Afrikaans	ster
Akan	nsoroma
Albanian	yll mesatar i bardhë
Amharic	ነጭ መካከለኛ ኮከብ
Anii	gɩŋɔrɩpi
Armenian	աստղ
Assamese	বগা মধ্যম তৰা
Azerbaijani	ağ orta ulduz
Bashkir	йондоҙ
Basque	izarra
Belarusian	звычайная зорка
Bosnian	zvijezda
Breton	steredenn
Bulgarian	звезда
Burmese	အဖြူရောင် အလတ်စား ကြယ်
Canadian French	étoile moyenne
Cantonese	白色中等星星
Catalan	estrella
Cherokee	ᏃᏈᏏ
Chuvash	ҫӑлтӑр
Croatian	zvijezda
Czech	bílá hvězda střední velikosti
Danish	stjerne
Estonian	täht
European Portuguese	estrela
Faroese	hvit og gul stjørna
Filipino	puting bituin na katamtamang-laki
Finnish	valkoinen tähti
Galician	estrela
Georgian	საშუალო თეთრი ვარსკვლავი
Gujarati	મધ્યમ સફેદ તારો
Hausa	farin matsakaicin tauraro
Hungarian	csillag
Icelandic	gul stjarna
Igbo	kpakpando ọcha
Irish	réalta
Javanese	lintang
Kalaallisut	hvid mellemstor stjerne
Kannada	ನಕ್ಷತ್ರ
Kazakh	жұлдыз
Kazakh (Arabic)	جۇلدىز
Khmer	ផ្កាយ
Kinyarwanda	inyenyeri iringaniye y’umweru
Konkani	नखेत्र
Kyrgyz	жылдыз
Kʼicheʼ	Saq retal ch’umil
Lao	ດາວຂາວປານກາງ
Latvian	zvaigzne
Lithuanian	balta vidutinė žvaigždė
Lower Sorbian	gwězda srjejźneje wjelikosći
Luxembourgish	mëttelgrousse wäisse Stär
Macedonian	средна бела ѕвезда
Malay	bintang sederhana putih
Malayalam	വെള്ള നക്ഷത്രം
Maltese	stilla medja bajda
Marathi	पांढरा मध्यम तारा
Mongolian	од
Māori	whetū mā waenga
Nepali	सेतो मध्यम तारा
Nigerian Pidgin	Sta
Northern Sotho	naledi ya bogare ye tšhweu
Norwegian	stjerne
Odia	ତାରା
Oromo	urjii
Pashto	ستوری
Punjabi	ਮੱਧਮ ਸਫੇਦ ਤਾਰਾ
Punjabi (Arabic)	درمیانہ چٹّا ستارہ
Quechua	quyllur
Romanian	stea
Romansh	staila
Sardinian	isteddu
Scottish Gaelic	rionnag mheadhanach gheal
Serbian	звезда
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	звијезда
Serbian (Latin)	zvezda
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	zvijezda
Shan	လၢဝ်
Sindhi	سفيد وچولو تارو
Sinhala	සුදු මධ්‍යම තරුව
Slovak	hviezda
Slovenian	bela srednja zvezda
Somali	Summadda xiddigta
Swahili	nyota nyeupe ya wastani
Swiss High German	weisser mittelgrosser Stern
Tajik	ситораи миёнаи сафед
Tamil	வெள்ளை நிற நட்சத்திரம்
Telugu	తెల్లని నక్షత్రం
Tigrinya	ኮኾብ
Tongan	fetuʻu
Tswana	naledi e e mo magareng e tshweu
Turkmen	ýyldyz
Upper Sorbian	hwězda
Urdu	ستارہ
Uyghur	ئاق ئارا يۇلتۇز
Uzbek	oq o‘rtacha yulduz
Welsh	seren ganolig wen
Wolof	biddeew, weexaay bu yam
Xhosa	inkwenkwezi ephakathi emhlophe
Yoruba	Irawọ Alaabọ Funfun
Yoruba (Benin)	Irawɔ Alaabɔ Funfun
Zulu	inkanyezi ephakathi nendawo emhlophe

Codes

Code points: U+2B50
HTML: ⭐
CSS: \2B50
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{2B50}
Python: \u2B50
UTF-8 bytes: E2 AD 90
UTF-16: 2B50
URL encoded: %E2%AD%90

Questions

What does the ⭐ star emoji mean?

A solid, five-pointed yellow star. You'll see it in ratings and rankings, favorites and bookmarks, praise like a gold star for good work, and as decoration or emphasis in posts.

How do I type the ⭐ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “star”. 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 :star:.