*️⃣ Keycap Asterisk
Copy and paste this emoji: *️⃣
Emoji Meaning
1
A blue square with a six-pointed asterisk in the center. Also known as the pound sign. Mostly seen on a phone's keypad.
2
A key with an asterisk symbol ✳️ or *. It is displayed as a square blue button, which is usually seen on the keyboard of mobile phones and personal computers.
This symbol is used in various combinations for USSD requests within the mobile network. You can also make a note or a footnote with an asterisk.
Also Known As
- *️⃣ Star Keycap
Apple Name
- *️⃣ Keycap Asterisk
Unicode Name
- *️⃣ Keycap Asterisk
How does this emoji look on different platforms?
*️⃣ Emoji Codes
Codepoints
U+2A U+FE0F U+20E3
Shortcodes
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For developers
| URL escape code | %2A%EF%B8%8F%E2%83%A3 |
| Punycode | xn--*-2sn |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | 2A EF B8 8F E2 83 A3 |
| JavaScript, JSON, Java | *\uFE0F\u20E3 |
| C, C++, Python | *\uFE0F\u20E3 |
| CSS | *\FE0F \20E3 |
| PHP, Ruby | *\u{FE0F}\u{20E3} |
| Perl | *\x{FE0F}\x{20E3} |
| HTML hex | *️⃣ |
| HTML dec | *️⃣ |