What does ✴️ Eight-Pointed Star mean?
An eight-pointed star with a badge-like look. It highlights something special: a featured item, a discount, a bonus or a key point in an announcement. It also works as a sparkle-style decoration in captions and bios. It is bolder than ✳️ and more geometric than ⭐, which reads as a classic five-pointed star.
✴️ Eight-Pointed Star is an emoji from the Symbols category (check marks & other symbols), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about * and eight-pointed.
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✴️ Eight-Pointed Star on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Eight-Pointed Star looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Eight-Pointed Star emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ✴️ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :eight_pointed_black_star:.
When was the Eight-Pointed Star emoji added?
✴️ Eight-Pointed Star was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ✴️ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Eight-Pointed Star. The underlying code (U+2734 U+FE0F) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.