White Star Symbol

A symbol from the Star Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

Symbol: ☆
Unicode: U+2606
HTML entity: ☆
Category: Star Symbols

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About the white star symbol

On many paper-and-pencil rating scales, from hotel reviews to movie critiques, this hollow, five-pointed star represents an empty or unselected rating slot, contrasting with its filled counterpart. It also appears in decorative borders, informal lists, and as a simple bullet in plain-text documents where a star-shaped marker is desired.

Formally known as the White Star, this character belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block and is classified as an Other Symbol. It is a plain text glyph, not an emoji, and is used across all writing systems due to its Common script assignment.

How to type White Star

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options

In Word / Outlook: type 2606 then press Alt + X.
Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.

macOS

2 options

Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 2606.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.