Black Star symbol
Type :black_star: · Shapes & stars
What ✭ is for
A heavy filled star, bolder than the standard one. The name is Unicode’s, where "black" means filled rather than a colour. Also, for one album, a David Bowie reference.
How to type ✭
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:black_star: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex Input
source and type 272D
with Option held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 272D then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:black_star: On the web
HTML ✭
Unicode U+272D
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