This code point first appeared in version 1.1 of the Unicode® Standard and belongs to the "Dingbats" block which goes from 0x2700 to 0x27BF.
You can safely add this character in your html code with the entity: ❂
You can use the u+2742 copy pc button below.
Easy u+2742 copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+2742 name is circled open centre eight pointed star emoji.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint (hex) | 2742, u2742 |
| Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
| Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | CIRCLED OPEN CENTER EIGHT POINTED STAR |
| Official name (Unicode 15.0) | CIRCLED OPEN CENTRE EIGHT POINTED STAR |
| resolved name | circled open centre eight pointed star |
| block | Dingbats (Dingbats) |
| common typos | u+7242, u+4272 |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 2742 like u 2742, (u+2742) or u +2742. You can also find u-2742, u*2742, un+2742, u2742, u=2742 or c+2742. You can also spell it with u 2742 unicode, u plus 2742, uncode 2742 or unicode + 2742.
Its bidirectional class is "ON":Other Neutrals (All other characters, including OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER)
Glyphs and symbols in your browser
The following unicode chart presents different versions of the glyph corresponding to the unicode characters u+2742 that are available on your computer.
In order to type this character easily, you may want to download and install a unicode Dingbats keyboard.
A sample of fonts are used below to display whether the character has a glyph in this font or not.
Encodings (Unicode characters converter)
The following character table converter for +u2742 allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
| encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | E2 9D 82 | 14851458 | 11100010 10011101 10000010 |
| UCS2 | 42 27 | 16935 | 01000010 00100111 |
| UTF-16LE | 42 27 | 16935 | 01000010 00100111 |
| UTF-16BE | 27 42 | 10050 | 00100111 01000010 |
| UTF7 | 2B 4A 30 49 2D | 185928272173 | 00101011 01001010 00110000 01001001 00101101 |
| UTF7-IMAP | 26 4A 30 49 2D | 164453435693 | 00100110 01001010 00110000 01001001 00101101 |