⭐ Star
Emoji Meaning
A classic, five-point gold star.
Commonly used for various metaphorical senses of star (e.g., for fame, success, excellence, reviews). Also used for emphasis or flair. Occasionally used for astronomical stars.
Not to be confused with 💫 Dizzy, 🌟 Glowing Star, 🌠 Shooting Star, or ✨ Sparkles, though their applications may overlap.
Samsung and Facebook’s stars were once silver.
See the glossary for the term white in Unicode character names.
Star was approved as part of Unicode 5.1 in 2008 under the name “White Medium Star” and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
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Also Known As
- ⭐ Gold Star
Apple Name
⭐ Star
Unicode Name
⭐ White Medium Star
Codepoints
Shortcodes
- :star: (Discord, GitHub, Slack, Emojipedia)
See also
- 🤩 Star-Struck
- 👽 Alien
- 💫 Dizzy
- 🍁 Maple Leaf
- 🌃 Night with Stars
- 🌑 New Moon
- 🌒 Waxing Crescent Moon
- 🌓 First Quarter Moon
- 🌔 Waxing Gibbous Moon
- 🌕 Full Moon
- 🌖 Waning Gibbous Moon
- 🌗 Last Quarter Moon
- 🌘 Waning Crescent Moon
- 🌙 Crescent Moon
- 🌛 First Quarter Moon Face
- 🌜 Last Quarter Moon Face
- 🌝 Full Moon Face
- 🌞 Sun with Face
- 🪐 Ringed Planet
- 🌟 Glowing Star
- 🌠 Shooting Star
- 🌌 Milky Way
- ☄️ Comet
- ✨ Sparkles
- 🪄 Magic Wand
- ✡️ Star of David
- ☪️ Star and Crescent
- 🔯 Dotted Six-Pointed Star
- 🇧🇦 Flag: Bosnia & Herzegovina
- 🇧🇩 Flag: Bangladesh
- 🇧🇫 Flag: Burkina Faso
- 🇧🇷 Flag: Brazil
- 🇨🇩 Flag: Congo - Kinshasa
- 🇨🇫 Flag: Central African Republic
- 🇨🇲 Flag: Cameroon
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