Entities, symbols & characters have four methods of reference:
Named, Decimal, Hexadecimal, and Unicode, but only the Decimal form is reliable across browsers and platforms.
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as the first line in the <head> of your document.
The name is an acronym of Unicode Transformation Format 8-bit.
Unicode is an abbreviation of Universal Coded Character Set.
It is a Character encoding capable of encoding all characters,
1, 114, 112 in total.
It is the dominant character encoding for the world wide web, accounting for 93.9% of web pages in March 2026.
| character | notation | browser |
|---|---|---|
| five pointed | ⋆ | ⋆ |
| five pointed | ✫ | ✫ |
| dot inside five pointed | ✬ | ✬ |
| five pointed outline fill | ✭ | ✭ |
| five pointed inside solid | ✮ | ✮ |
| five pointed shadow | ✯ | ✯ |
| six spoked | ✲ | ✲ |
| eight spoked | ✳ | ✳ |
| six-pointed | ✶ | ✶ |
| eight-pointed | ✷ | ✷ |
| eight-pointed | ✸ | ✸ |
| eight pointed pinwheel | ✵ | ✵ |
| white circled solid | ✪ | ✪ |
| five pointed shadowed | ✰ | ✰ |
| five pointed outlined | ✩ | ✩ |
| teardrop-spoked | ✢ | ✢ |
| balloon-spoked normal | ✣ | ✣ |
| balloon-spoked bold | ✤ | ✤ |
| club-spoked | ✥ | ✥ |
| four-pointed solid | ✦ | ✦ |
| four-pointed outline | ✧ | ✧ |
| star sparkles | ✨ | ✨ |
| asterisk | ✱ | ✱ |
| character | notation | browser |
|---|---|---|
| tick | ✓ | ✓ |
| tick | ✔ | ✔ |
| tick outline | ✅ | ✅ |
| ballot box checked | ☑ | ☑ |
| ballot box crossed | ☒ | ☒ |
| cross | ✕ | ✕ |
| cross | ✖ | ✖ |
| cross | ✗ | ✗ |
| cross | ✘ | ✘ |
| cross open centre | ✛ | ✛ |
| heavy open centre | ✜ | ✜ |
| cross mark | ❌ | ❌ |
| character | notation | browser |
|---|---|---|
| cross of lorraine a heraldic symbol of france, originally held to represent joan of arc |
☨ | ☨ |
| s5 star of david symbol of modern jewish identity and judaisim | ✡ | ✡ |
s5 jerusalem cross contrasts with the actual cross of jerusalem, which adds a small crosslet at each corner |
☩ | ☩ |
| s5 cross alchemical symbol for vinegar | 🜊 | 🜊 |
| s8 west syriac cross | ♰ | ♰ |
| s8 east syriac cross | ♱ | ♱ |
| s8greek cross outlined | ✙ | ✙ |
| s8greek cross solid | ✚ | ✚ |
| s8 latin cross solid | ✝ | ✝ |
| s8 latin cross outlined | ✞ | ✞ |
| s8 latin cross solid outlined | ✟ | ✟ |
| s8 maltese cross historically, the maltese cross took many forms; the shape shown in the zapf dingbats is similar to one known as the cross formée | ✠ | ✠ |
| aa8 black on shield | ⛨ | ⛨ |
| aa8hospital cross | 🏥 | 🏥 |
| s10 rub el hizb arabic | ربع الØزبthe rub el hizb,۞ | ۞ |
| s10 end of ayah arabic the number of the verse is enclosed within the symbol |
the end of ayah۝ | |
| s10 place of sajdah arabic ربع الØزبربع الØزب used in the qur'an, indicating that the reciter should follow the example of the prophet muhammad. |
۩ | ۩ |
