How to Type Star Symbol ★ ☆
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Star symbols ★ ☆ ✦ ✧ are popular in ratings, decorations, social media bios, and documents. From the solid black star ★ to the outline star ☆ to decorative variants like ✦ and ✶, there are dozens of star characters in Unicode.
This guide shows you how to type star symbols on every platform: Windows, Mac, Chromebook, iPhone, Android, and Linux. We cover alt codes, keyboard shortcuts, Unicode input, and the fastest copy-paste methods.
All star symbols on this page are pure Unicode text — they work everywhere: Instagram, Discord, email, Word, and any other application.
How to Insert Black and White Stars
Two star characters cover most needs: the filled black star at U+2605 and the hollow outline star at U+2606. Windows handles the solid shape through Alt+9733 on the numeric keypad, with Alt+9734 producing the outline version. macOS has no dedicated combination, so the reliable path is the Character Viewer, opened with Control+Command+Space, where searching for the word star surfaces both shapes plus decorative cousins like the four-pointed and six-pointed variants. In markup, ★ and ☆ give you the same pair, and modern fonts render them consistently in browsers.
Mobile keyboards tuck stars behind the emoji panel or a long-press, but copying the exact glyph you want is faster and avoids grabbing a colorful emoji star by mistake. The classic use case is a rating line: five filled stars beside two hollow ones spell out a partial score in plain text that survives copy-paste into reviews, spreadsheets, or a product listing. People also lean on stars to frame usernames and bio lines, since a single one reads as a tidy accent without the heavy weight of a full-color emoji. Mixing filled and hollow shapes is a neat way to suggest progress or half-marks.
Star Symbol FAQ
The alt code for ★ (black star) is Alt+9733. For ☆ (white star), use Alt+9734. Hold Alt, type the number on the numeric keypad, then release. Num Lock must be enabled.
Use ★ for filled stars and ☆ for empty stars. Example: ★★★★☆ represents 4 out of 5 stars. Copy these characters from this page and combine them for your rating display.
★ (U+2605) is a text character — it's always black and renders consistently. ⭐ (U+2B50) is an emoji that may render differently across platforms (yellow, 3D, etc.). Use ★ for consistent text; use ⭐ for colorful emoji contexts.
Yes! Both text stars (★ ☆ ✦) and emoji stars (⭐ 🌟) work in Instagram bios, captions, and comments. Text stars are more compact and consistent across devices.
In Google Sheets, use =CHAR(9733) for ★ or =CHAR(9734) for ☆. You can also paste star symbols directly into cells from this page. For star ratings, combine them: =REPT(CHAR(9733),4)&CHAR(9734) gives ★★★★☆.
On Mac, press Control+Command+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for 'star'. The basic asterisk * is typed with Shift+8. For quick access to ★, copy it from this page.