Symbols · Emoji 0.6
✳️Eight-spoked Asterisk Emoji
Generally, the ✳️ emoji just means a decorative asterisk or a small star. It doesn't have a super deep meaning.
The ✳️ emoji is an eight-spoked asterisk, often resembling a small star or decorative design.
- Unicode
- U+2733 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :eight_
spoked_ asterisk: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ✳️ Eight-spoked Asterisk emoji mean?
People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.
02 — Platforms
Eight-spoked Asterisk emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+2733 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your eight-spoked asterisk looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Eight-spoked Asterisk emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :eight_spoked_asterisk:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+2733.
04 — How to type
How to type the ✳️ Eight-spoked Asterisk emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+2733 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Eight-spoked Asterisk emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Eight-spoked Asterisk emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around eight-spoked asterisk for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What ✳️ means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Around the world
What ✳️ means in other countries
Functions like a written asterisk, flagging a caveat or drawing attention without carrying any deeper symbolism.
Flags a correction or footnote-style caveat somewhere inside a longer message.
Common in decorative typography sets alongside other similar star marks.
Used to mark emphasis in printed or digital text, close to a bullet point.
Before you send it: Use it like a written asterisk to flag a caveat or highlight something — nothing else to know.
09 — Apps
What ✳️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the eight-spoked asterisk lands changes how it is taken.
10 — Related
Emojis similar to the Eight-spoked Asterisk emoji
Same family (other-symbol) — often confused with eight-spoked asterisk or used alongside it.
Symbols →
Splatter
〽️Part Alternation Mark
🔱Trident Emblem
⚜️Fleur-de-lis
🔰Japanese Symbol For Beginner
♻️Recycling Symbol
✅Check Mark Button
❇️Sparkle
Collections ✳️ belongs to — every one of them is a different way people go looking for it:
11 — Difference
✳️ vs ✴️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Eight-spoked Asterisk
Code: U+2733 U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :eight_spoked_asterisk:
Generally, the ✳️ emoji just means a decorative asterisk or a small star.
Unicode name: Eight-pointed Star
Code: U+2734 U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :eight_pointed_black_star:
Generally, the ✴️ emoji means something is pretty, shiny, or special.
12 — History
Where the ✳️ Eight-spoked Asterisk emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
✳️ existed there as
NTT DoCoMo E6F8, KDDI au E53E, SoftBank E206.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Eight-spoked Asterisk was approved as U+2733 U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ✳️ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
13 — FAQ